on a tight leash

A President can name a tough chief of staff, but he needs to keep him on a tight leash.

The few foreign visitors are kept on a tight leash.

Those who get the cash are kept on a tight leash.

Keep the customers on a tight leash and they will spend money with the provider.

But of course they are not historians, and we have kept them on a tight leash."

Unfortunately I've kept her on a tight leash today.

Whatever it was, today's car is a tyrant that keeps us on a tight leash.

But the banks are still keeping the company, the world's largest developer, on a tight leash.

The boys, who used to be on a tight leash, now frequently go unsupervised.

I must keep you on a tighter leash, mustn't I?

This is why we must keep the government on a tight leash, and not easily let them expand power or increase their budgets.

Do you think you can keep him on a tight leash?"

We will continue the murders, but keep the Woden on a tight leash.

However, once he made a choice he kept his ministers on a tight leash.

"Oliver needs to keep her on a tighter leash."

"The irony is that earlier they were subsidized, but on a tight leash.

The law was used to silence antiwar protesters and to keep the press on a tight leash.

"47 In any event, Molinari would be on a tight leash.

Your record gives reason to expect you can hold yourself and your crew on a tight leash.

There was no telling how a mad dog like Gly might run if he wasn't held on a tight leash.

We've lulled them to sleep, so let's keep Dudley on a tight leash.

That is the reality of this economic system, which has now reached its limits and which must be put on a tight leash.

She reluctantly keeps her handicapped brother, Roland, on a tight leash.

This season, she is expected to steer the line along a more wearable course, while keeping the design team on a tighter leash.

Vetch bristled a little, but kept his resentment on a tight leash.