rule the roost | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)To be thecontrollingmember(s) of afamily,organization, or other group.1857,Anthony Trollope, chapter 3, inBarchester Towers:His was biding his time, and patiently looking forward to the days when he himself would sit authoritative at some board, and talk and direct, andrule the roost, while lesser stars sat round and obeyed.Note: Some copies have "rule the roast" in this passage.1915,John Galsworthy, chapter 16, inThe Freelands:Felix (nothing if not modern) had succumbed already to the feeling that youthruled the roost.2004February 16, Kate Betts, “9 Rei Kawakubo”, inTime:At that moment in fashion, French couturiersruled the roost.2021February 6, Graham Bean, “Scotland beat England at Twickenham for the first time in 38 years”, inThe Scotsman‎[1]:Finn Russell and Owen Farrell kicked two penalties apiece but it was the Scotland stand-off whoruled the roost- despite a ten-minute sin-binning for an attempted trip on England scrum-half Ben Youngs.

Examples:

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.
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: With your husband, may you rule the roost, O bride
ES: trajo felicidad.
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: 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.

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