sit in judgement

Meaning

1. sit in judgement (on / over / upon sb)

   to decide whether sb's behaviour is right or wrong, especially when you have no right to do this

   How dare you sit in judgement on me?

In the movies · 1

• And in that lull, I've found how good it is to write a law or make a tax more fair or sit in judgement to decide which peasant gets a cow.The Lion in Winter1968

From the same entry

• be sitting pretty
• sit at feet
• sit comfortably, easily, well
• sit on the fence
• sit tight
• sit bolt upright
• rest on your laurels
• sit silently by
• sit about
• sit back
• sit by
• sit down