英语博客-北美风情 219 I’ve got you wrapped around my finger

 　　Some people are able to control others. This could happen because one person really likes another person, because they want to make a good impression, or because they have been manipulated by the other person. When one person is under another person’s control, sometimes it doesn’t take much for the controlled person to do just what the controlling person wants them to. In this episode, Harp¹ and Maura talk about these controlling relationships.

　　Harp:When you have someone wrapped around your finger, it means you have control over them.

　　Maura:Right. You can manipulate the person and get them to do things that you want them to do or get them to act in a certain way.

　　Harp:Or get them to buy you what you want.

　　Maura:Oftentimes, when one person has someone wrapped around their finger, they have a relationship and the person who is being in controlled really likes the person who’s controlling them.

　　Harp:Yeah, exactly. It’s one of the reasons why they do things for the person, because they like them.

　　Maura:It makes sense. If you like a person, you wanna help them out, but sometimes if you notice that someone is helping² you a lot, you could get them to do more and more things for you and so then you have someone wrapped around your finger.

1 harp   

n.竖琴；天琴座

参考例句：

• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
• He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。

2 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。