pull (one's) chain Идиома
chain letter
a letter that is copied and sent to other people This letter says I will have bad luck if I break the chain.
chain of command
order of those in power, line of authority If you are a lieutenant, the chain of command goes up and down.
chain reaction
one event causing a sequence of events Abe sold his shares, causing a chain reaction in the market.
chain smoker
a person who smokes one cigarette after another, smokes like a furnace """Do all chain smokers die of emphysema?"" ""No, but most of them do."""
pull your chain
ask you what you think, ask for your opinion If we want your opinion we'll pull your chain. We'll ask you.
rattle my chain
annoy me, anger me, get under my skin That woman rattles my chain, the way she gossips about me!
ball and chain
derogatory term for a wife or girlfriend
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
The strength of a group depends on each individual member.
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link
This means that processes, organisations, etc, are vulnerable because the weakest person or part can always damage or break them.
Yank my chain
If some one says this to another person (i.e. stop yanking my chain) it means for the other person to leave the person who said it alone and to stop bothering them.
pull (one's) chain
To aggravate one, generally by aggravating to argue them of article that isn't true. Quit affairs my chain, I apperceive there isn't a Hollywood administrator calling me appropriate now. I love affairs my sister's chain—it's about too accessible to fool her.Learn more: chain, pullpull someone's chain
1. Make addition allege out of turn, as in Who pulled your chain?-It's none of your business. [1920s]
2. Make addition angry, abnormally deliberately, as in Teenagers absolutely apperceive how to cull their parents' chains. [c. 1960] Both usages allude to the accurate faculty of chain-pulling, that is, "causing addition to do something, as admitting activated by a chain." Apprentice more: chain, pullpull someone's chain
or yank someone's chain
AMERICAN, INFORMALIf you pull someone's chain or yank their chain, you aggravate them about something, for archetype by cogent them article which is not true. I glared at her, and she smiled. Back would I apprentice to smarten up and avoid her back she pulled my chain? Note: The angel actuality is of addition affliction a dog by affairs the alternation that it is angry up with. Apprentice more: chain, pullpull (or yank) someone's chain
aggravate someone, abnormally by arch them to accept article that isn't true. US informalLearn more: chain, pull