| In all of his budgets in these first three years, he has been a microeconomic meddler, tinkering around with an array of tax changes, some of which seemed to make little sense, others to make little difference. |
| The World Bank is viewed with suspicion by hardliners, who see it as a meddler in the affairs of developing countries and a purveyor of ideas that could undermine party rule in China. |
| But the little meddler covers her tracks so well that I can never be sure. |
| His reputation as a meddler, unwilling to afford his managers free rein, is as damaging as what appears to be his unrealistic ambition. |
| They laugh at the idea and he is accused of being a meddler, rogue and thief. |
| He is a city-dweller, a Whitehall centralist, a natural meddler, an interventionist at home and abroad. |
