Mia Le
2020-10-30 05:10
Rule the roost British American informal
My grandma is the person who rules the roost in the family.
'Men still rule the roost and make more money' is the outdated thought.
a person who is easily deceived or manipulated to do something, especially giving someone money.
1. To seize or take control of someone, something, or some place with a sudden and fierce attack
2. To gain a rapid and great fame or success in a place, a field or a particular group of people
To be under the control of someone or something
To have someone completely under your control
If someone live under the cat's foot, they are under the dominion of another person, typically their wife.
The phrase starts with a "verb" , so we need to be careful about subject verb agreement.
The original expression was rule the roast, which was common from the mid 16th century onwards. Rule the roast originally referred to the joint of meat that would be carved by the master of the house, and be the principal dish at the table he presided over. It is alternatively said that it alluded to someone being the most important person at a banquet or feast. Rule the roost, found from the mid 18th century, has now replaced the earlier version. 'Rule the roost' literally means that in the barnyard a rooster decides which hen should roost near him.
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