call the shots

釋義

1. 牛津電影裡 100%

   控制；操縱

   to be the person who controls a situation

   They got them all. So they call the shots.

   But when I pay for the ride, I'm the employer, and I call the shots.

電影裡這樣說 · 6 部

• Fuck, man. Someone's gotta call the shots when you're MIA.Dinner in America2020
• But when I pay for the ride, I'm the employer, and I call the shots.Interstate 602002
• You're ready to spit nails because you can't call the shots.Steel Magnolias1989
• Don't worry. We call the shots around here.The Insider1999
• They got them all. So they call the shots.Fargo1996
• As long as we're handling the money they have to let us call the shots.A Simple Plan1998
• And you control it, and you call the shots.Klute1971
• Look in porno we call this the money shotThe Interview2014

在完整場景裡學

• 神采公路2002
  • 酒吧裡講許願人傳說：take a shine to someone（看上某人）
  • 生日午餐被安排前途：take that to the bank（板上釘釘）
  • 病房裡的舉牌測知覺：be wired（天生就這樣）
• 鋼木蘭1989
  • 清早的忙亂與當場錄用：talking to a brick wall（說了等於白說）
  • 美髮店僱新人聊八卦：talk some trash（聊點別人的閒話）
  • 婚前拉鋸與鄰里算賬：a bone to pick with（有賬要算）
• 冰血暴1996
  • 酒吧裡談綁架交易：rob Peter to pay Paul（拆東牆補西牆）
  • 談綁架又向老丈人借錢：a heck of a lot（一大堆）
  • 強推塗層被罵騙子：talk in circles（繞圈子）

同一詞條的短語

• call bluff
• call into play
• call into question
• call it a day
• call it quits
• call names
• call a spade a spade
• call time
• call to account
• call to order
• on the carpet
• bring to mind