| 释义 |
throw one's weight around, to throw one's weight aroundFig. to attempt to boss people around; to give orders. The district manager came to our office and tried to throw his weight around, but no one paid any attention to him. Don't try to throw your weight around in this office. We know who our boss is.See also: around, throw, weightthrow 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] See also: around, throw, weight throw (one's) weight around Slang To use power or authority, especially in an excessive or heavy-handed way.See also: around, throw, weightthrow one's weight around, toTo use one’s wealth or standing to manipulate others; to act officiously. This expression dates from the early twentieth century and uses weight in the sense of “authority.” John P. Marquand had it in H. M. Pulham, Esquire (1941): “Bo-jo was a bastard, a big bastard. Perhaps he meant that Bo-jo sometimes threw his weight around.”See also: throw, weight |