pull the devil by the tail
English
Verb
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)
- (of a person) To be struggling with poverty, constantly in money difficulties.
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