boss around

英 [bɒs əˈraʊnd]

美 [bɔːs əˈraʊnd]

对…颐指气使; 对…指手画脚

柯林斯词典

verb

be bossy towards
1. Her big brother always bullied her when she was young
Synonym:strong-armbullybrowbeatbullyragballyraghectorpush around

And because I'm the better person, I have the right to boss you around.
因为我是更好的人，所以我有权力指挥你。
I'm a doctor-in-training and my boss always orders me around.
我还在实习培训期间，老板整天让我干这干那。
TALIA: Devin! Now I can boss you around forever!
现在我可以在你的周围永远指挥你！
You mean, did I get to boss him around?
你是说，要围着他奉承？
They don't cower when the boss comes around.
当老板来到身边时，他们也不畏缩。
But my boss isn't anywhere around!
但我的长官怎么也找不到！
They are the ones who will answer your questions when the boss is not around.
当老板不在时，他们可回答你的问题。
I'm the new straw boss around here.
我是这里新的工头。
It really get me when she start boss people around.
她颐指气使地对人，真叫我厌恶。
One of the things that they set out to do first was, of course, to scare us, and to show the stupid frosh they were boss around here.
高年级同学们准备做的第一件事，当然是吓唬我们，向这些愚蠢的新生显示他们才是这里的老大。