Protesters formed 'a human chain' [=they stood next to each other with their arms linked] around the ancient tree to prevent it from being cut down.
In the United States, the President as the commander in chief is at the head of the military 'chain of command'.
I thought he really won the lottery but he was only 'pulling my chain'. [=he was only playing a joke on me]
(..) Boy, maybe this Lane-Luke team isn't going to work out. - Yeah. - Where do you think Luke will go? I don't know. Maybe a big chain will take him on. Wonder if he has a forklift license. - He could redeem recyclables. - You mean recycsable? api.OpenSubtitles.org is deprecated, please (..)2004 TvShow: Gilmore Girls Title: The Nanny and the Professor Season: 4 Episode 10