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bury your head in the sand

ignore a problem or an unpleasant situation and hope that it will disappear

gain/get/have/take the upper hand

gain/get/have/take control or advantage over a person or situation

get/have your way

be allowed to have or do what you want

live and let live

you should accept other people's beliefs and way of life, even if they are different from your own

pull (a few) strings

use your influence in order to get sth you want or to help sb, especially when this is unfair

red tape

documents, rules or processes that cause delays

take the law into your own hands

to do something illegal and often violent in order to punish someone because you know the law will not punish that person:

the powers that be

eg: The powers that be have cancelled the show

the people who control a situation

throw the book at sb

punish sb very severely

under sb's thumb

completely controlled by sb else