Matrimonially speaking, a bridle for the tongue is better than a rein for the heart. From LearnThat.org. [Minna Thomas Antrim]
rein a horse. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Mr. Petzoldt is correct in saying that the German word "rein" can also have the meaning "sauber.". From Wordnik.com. [Playing Dirty] Reference
Chifney's phrase, "your rein was a worsted thread.". From Wordnik.com. [A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid] Reference
When you have to many who don't have to account to anyone it is hard to keep them in rein. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Truth Squad: Does the reform bill create 53 new bureaucracies?] Reference
Page 12had to kind of rein that in with some of the kids. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Robert Yost, November 22, 2000. Interview K-0487. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
So, maybe for Barack Obama this is a way to kind of rein her in. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 20, 2008] Reference
We heard about his commitment to kind of rein in federal spending. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 16, 2008] Reference
He is in error when he claims that "rein" should be translated as "pure.". From Wordnik.com. [Playing Dirty] Reference
And so he's got a balance there to kind of rein in pay, but also continue to make these companies competitive. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 29, 2009] Reference
And they're thinking, how can we have input into this political process to kind of rein in a little bit of the spending?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 4, 2009] Reference
For the rest, it is everyone's privilege to speculate what associations the part "rein" in the name Spielrein evoked in Jung's mind. From Wordnik.com. [Playing Dirty] Reference
Webberly had seen Lynley as the only one of them with the slightest chance of keeping at least some kind of rein on his brother-in-law. From Wordnik.com. [With No One as Witness]
That I managed to misspell "rein" in the first place was depressing, that I seem to have selected the wrong replacement word is moreso. From Wordnik.com. [HH Com 245 (241)] Reference
When loose the frozen rein is thrown. From Wordnik.com. [Review of 'Rural Tales, Ballads, and Songs'] Reference
The "rein" with which he is driven is a rope tied around one of his horns. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska] Reference
He is also prone to launching trial balloons he can't rein in. From Wordnik.com. [The Summer Of Sarkozy] Reference
"If they think they can rein them in, it's tremendous naivete.". From Wordnik.com. [Cyberwar And Sabotage] Reference
President Obama recently appointed a pay czar to rein in executive pay. From Wordnik.com. [America’s Bailout Barons] Reference
He wants to give his top aides free rein and "deal with everyone directly.". From Wordnik.com. [Of Mice And Men] Reference
At Massachusetts Hockey, new measures to rein in parents are imminent, says Esdale. From Wordnik.com. [Sent To The Penalty Box] Reference
Musharraf has tried to rein in his intelligence organization, but with mixed results. From Wordnik.com. [THE MISSING WEEK] Reference
I just worked a lot harder on it, and I tried to rein in my natural scatological humor. From Wordnik.com. [Keeping Swashbuckling Alive] Reference
The laws we've passed over the years have put a tighter rein on officers and that's good. From Wordnik.com. [Cops Who Kill--Themselves] Reference
Did the strike in some ways allow the producers to rein in their own expenses advantageously?. From Wordnik.com. [Striking Numbers] Reference
Rollins says that when the staff tried to rein Kemp in he would "" behave for a speech or two. From Wordnik.com. [Throwing Long] Reference
The best way to rein in the politics of software is for people to get political about software. From Wordnik.com. [Technology: Grappling With The New Politics Of So] Reference
President Roh Moo Hyun came to power four years ago promising to rein in Korea's corporate excesses. From Wordnik.com. [These Scions Are Pros] Reference
Bianculli asks what the show would have looked like if the Smothers Brothers had been given free rein. From Wordnik.com. [The Case for Censorship] Reference
Shaken and seething at the media, Ventura admits he made a mistake, and he's vowing to rein himself in. From Wordnik.com. [The Taming Of Jesse] Reference
Others called for immediate measures to rein in the brutality of the Serbian leader, Slobodan Milosevic. From Wordnik.com. [Crisis Call] Reference
And when the United Nations tried to rein him in by imposing sanctions against his movement, Savimbi thumbed his nose. From Wordnik.com. [The Gems Of War] Reference
Needless to say, Berlusconi's government has made its displeasure clear -- and may take steps to rein in errant wiretapping. From Wordnik.com. [Private Lies, Public Figures] Reference
Eventually, Koizumi hopes to rein in public corporations involved in everything from construction to waterworks to airports. From Wordnik.com. [Taking On The Machine] Reference
And China's leaders have their own fear: if they don't rein in the virus, the next mass campaign might well be directed against them. From Wordnik.com. [Crushing An Epidemic] Reference
But historically those rules were often used to keep the lower classes in their place rather than to rein in the excesses of the elite. From Wordnik.com. [In Praise Of Competitive Urges] Reference
Every noxious version of Wahhabism has had free rein in Saudi Arabia, and yet all liberal ideas and debates have always been closed down. From Wordnik.com. [THE SAUDI TRAP] Reference
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