单词 | throw one's weight around |
释义 | throw one's weight aroundWield power or authority, especially in a heavy-handed way. For example, One doesn't make oneself popular by throwing one's weight around. [Colloquial; early 1900s] Words nearby throw one's weight aroundthrow off balance, throw off the track, throw oneself at, throw oneself into, throw one's hat in the ring, throw one's weight around, throw open, throw out, throw out the baby with the bath water, throw over, throw pillow The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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