Or were they misguidedly adhering to a faith that told them to literally keep their children on a tight rein?
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State media, often kept on a tight rein in making personal comments about Chinese officials, has been known to call him "shuai da shu", or "handsome uncle", equivalent to the term "silver fox" in English for attractive older men.
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Murphy plays his club hurling and Gaelic football with Bride Rovers and has enjoyed much success. In 2003 he lined out in the final of the intermediate championship. Inniscarra provided the opposition and, despite being held on a tight rein in the opening quarter, Bride Rovers powered to the front with a goal in the seventeenth minute and never looked back. A 1–15 to 1–5 victory gave Murphy a championship medal.
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Price, et al. Lyons Press Horseman's Dictionary p. 150 ;on the bit : A horse who is flexed at the poll, moving forward well, holding the bit without fuss, and is responsive to the rider.Price, et al. Lyons Press Horseman's Dictionary p. 151 ;on the bridle : Of a horse in a race, when it is being kept at a steady speed on a tight rein to avoid tiring it early in the race. When sprinting for the finish, the horse will usually be allowed to run off the bridle, with the reins quite loose.
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"Keep the creature on a tight rein until a furlong out, then let him have his head, He'll do the rest". His Lordship added, almost as an afterthought: "If you hear anything coming up behind you, don’t worry and don’t turn round, it will only be me". A county directory of 1903 describes Coworth House as ‘an ancient building standing in a thickly wooded park’. As Derby also owned Knowsley Hall in Lancashire, his principal country-seat, and a magnificent London town-house in Stratford Place, St James's, Coworth tended to be occupied only during Ascot race meetings.
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Paddy Prendergast was known as an outstanding trainer of juveniles, and when Noblesse travelled over to England as a two- year-old to make her debut in Ascot's Blue Seal Stakes, she was preceded by a tall reputation. Starting a short-priced favourite, she lived up to the hype with a 5-length victory. This was followed by just one more run that season when taking on the colts in the Timeform Gold Cup (now known as the Racing Post Trophy) at Doncaster which, at the time, was the richest two-year-old race in Europe. Noblesse passed the post on a tight rein with a 3-length advantage.
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The film opens with Pierre comfortably ensconced as the kept man of his old sparring-partner Zélie, who has apparently made good on her previous claims that she could transform him from a criminal ruffian into a gentleman accepted by the upper echelons of Parisian society. While he appears to relish his new-found social status, Zélie attempts to keep him on a tight rein by constantly reminding him that just as she pulled him up from the gutter, so can she send him back there if he displeases her. While mixing in rarefied social circles, Pierre develops an admiration for the titled Madeleine de l'Orme (Vanna), which does not go unnoticed by Zélie. She taunts him that while he may have piqued her interest, a true member of the aristocracy will always be out of his reach.
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