run the show | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)To be theleader, to bein charge.1904, Sara Jeannette Duncan,The Imperialist:"Far's I can see. Young Alf's made up his mind to learn the dentist business, and the old folks are backin' him; so I don't see but I've got to stop on andrun the show. Father's gettin' up in years now."2020June 3, Christian Wolmar, “Unworkable policies cripple our beleagered railway”, inRail, page51:In any viable scenario of renationalisation, the idea was always to ensure that the railways were at arm's length from the Department, since it was recognised that allowing civil servants torun the showis always a bad idea.2023August 7,Suzanne Wrack, “England beat Nigeria on penalties to reach Women’s World Cup quarter-finals”, inThe Guardian‎[1]:Nigeria had done their homework and were well organised. Halimatu Ayinde was exceptional in her marking of James, who had scored twice and provided three assists as sheran the showagainst China.

Examples:

EN: At night, behind my back, the chief engineer wants to run the show and conduct the experiment! And tomorrow, in the eyes of the world, he'll be the famous man, the brilliant inventor.
ES: El señor Ingeniero Jefe quiere hacerse cargo a mis espaldas, de hacer el experimento, para que mañana él pueda ser el genio, el brillante inventor.
EN: That'll leave you alone to run the show.
ES: Eso te dejará solo para dirigir el espectáculo.
EN: But you got to let me run the show.
ES: Pero tienes que dejarme llevar las riendas de esto.
EN: You gotta act stupid all the time so they think they run the show.
ES: Debes estar sometida... para que crean poder hacer con una lo que les plazca.
EN: - And you can stay home and run the show.
ES: Estarás en casa para dirigirlo todo.
EN: Mr. Weatherby, we decided to run the show in this case.
ES: Señor Weatherby, hemos decidido hacer el programa sobre este caso.
EN: If we come in... I run the show.
ES: Si entramos en esto, yo estoy al mando.
EN: Well, let's get a new guy, a new guy that's had one or two landings... he can run the show from the beach.
ES: Busquemos a alguien que tenga experiencia. Puede dirigir la operación desde la playa.
EN: They come over here and before they can take a breath, they're telling us how to run the show.
ES: Vienen a este país, y antes de tomar aire ya nos están diciendo cómo hacer las cosas.
EN: We're all agreed, Wyatt, you should run the show.
ES: Estamos todos de acuerdo, tú debes llevar las riendas.
EN: They run the show.
ES: Ellos llevan las riendas.
EN: Okay, you run the show, you handle it.
ES: Bien, cambiemos los papeles, trabaja tú.
EN: If you'd just one time let me run the show, I'd...
ES: Si al menos una vez me dejaras hacerme cargo...
EN: You run the job, but I run the show.
ES: Tú haces el trabajo y yo dirijo el cotarro.
EN: "don't run the show."
ES: "no maneja el espectáculo".

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