Kan|da|re
f <-, -n> →
(curb) bit;
jdn an die Kandare nehmen (fig) →
to take sb in hand Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
| Man muss ihn an die Kandare nehmen. | → | One has to take a hard line with him. |
| ein Pferd auf Kandare zäumen | → | to put a curb bit on a horse |
| jdn. an der Kandare haben | → | to keep sb. on a tight rein |