String : nf A string is a thin rope.
Cuisine: Beef on a string, steamed, suspended by a string (see String cooking).
Wine on a string, billed to the customer of a restaurant according to the quantity consumed (sometimes measured with a string).
Figurative phrase: Pulling the string: exaggerating, going too far (in the search for an advantage, etc.). The string should not be pulled too far (see Pulling the string, pushing the stopper too far).
Pieces of string: Bargaining of pieces of string, which relates to insignificant things (ends of candle).
With bits of string: with derisory means, the means at hand.
Especially: Thread used to move the puppets.
The one who pulls the strings: the one who cannot be seen and who makes others act.
See as well Tied under Mouth slang.