the long arm of something

成語所屬單字long

the long arm of something — 慣用語

1. The power or influence of something that reaches far.

1.慣用語
釋義

長臂;權力範圍

The power or influence of something that reaches far.

例句

No criminal can escape the long arm of the law.

Has the long arm of the company reached our small town?