pull the devil by the tail

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pull the devil by the tail (third-person singular simple present pulls the devil by the tail, present participle pulling the devil by the tail, simple past and past participle pulled the devil by the tail)

  1. (of a person) To be struggling with poverty, constantly in money difficulties.

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