rule the roost: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- To be the dominant person in a household, group, or organization; to exercise control or authority over others in that setting.
- To hold sway or be in charge, often in a domestic or small-group context.
Examples
BetaIn our household, Mom rules the roost and decides all the major plans.
In our household, Mom is the dominant person and makes all the major plans.
Though he’s the oldest sibling, it’s Dad who rules the roost when it comes to family decisions.
Though he’s the oldest sibling, Dad is the one who exercises control over family decisions.
At the office, the manager rules the roost and everyone follows her lead.
At the office, the manager is in charge and everyone follows her lead.
Who rules the roost when the boss is away on vacation?
Who is in charge when the boss is away on vacation?
Examples:
- EN: - He's trying to rule the roost.ES: - Quiere ser el gallo del gallinero.
- EN: Don't let the girls rule the roost.ES: No le dejes que lleve la batuta.ES: Tienes que marcarlas, te llevan por donde quieren.
- EN: You'll have to discipline them. Don't let the girls rule the roost.ES: Tienes que marcarlas, te llevan por donde quieren.
- EN: I recognize their shape! These loathsome toxin flies, who rule the roost or so they think.ES: Se parecen, por supuesto, a ese asqueroso insecto que vuela a nuestro alrededor.
- EN: With the proper help, he'll rule the roost.ES: Con la ayuda indicada, será el que mande.
- EN: Want to rule the roost?ES: ¿Quieres llevar la batuta?
- EN: That's what happens when gonads rule the roost!ES: eso es lo que pasa cuando las gónadas llevan el mando.
- EN: At home, you rule the roost.ES: En casa, usted gobierna el gallinero.
- EN: Those shitface punks think they rule the roost. And you smart-arses teach Marx's Mein fucking Kampf instead of the hypotenuse.ES: Esos cachorros porque se creen los dueños de la calle y tú y los listos como tú, por leerles "Mi lucha" del Marx de los cojones a estos niños de baba.
- EN: With your husband, may you rule the roost, O brideES: trajo felicidad.
- EN: One day, we might rule the roost.ES: Un día, podríamos gobernar el gallinero.
- EN: They're starting to rule the roost a little bit.ES: Están empezando a sentirse importantes.
- EN: That's because he's stopped trying to rule the roost.ES: Porque ha dejado de querer llevar la batuta.
- EN: That's because he's stopped trying to rule the roost.ES: Porque ha dejado de querer llevar la batuta.
- EN: You're not booking him? These rascals rule the roost!ES: ¿Y a este no le lleva a comisaría?
- EN: So Scott-Padget's gonna rule the roost, run the ship his way.ES: Así que Scott-Padget va a llevar la batuta en el buque.
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