be in the driving seat

释义

1. 牛津电影里 100%

   担任负责人；处于统领地位

   to be the person in control of a situation

   You are the one that's in the driving seat.

   Taking your destiny by the throat. You're in the driver's seat.

电影里这样说 · 3 部

• You are the one that's in the driving seat.Creed2015
• Taking your destiny by the throat. You're in the driver's seat.Slap Shot1977
• Why a team worth $800 million with one of the most complex offenses ever built, by me, should put you in the driver's seat.American Underdog2021
• I'm in the driving seat, I just don't have a set of wheels.Widows2018

在完整场景里学

• 奎迪2015
  • 登门求洛奇教拳：behind closed doors（关起门来私下进行）
  • 小吃店约会聊心事：jawn（费城万能词）
  • 上门求老拳王收徒：on one's own（靠自己）
• 美国草根：库尔特·华纳的故事2021
  • 自述不可能的梦想：stand your ground（站稳脚跟）
  • 为追女孩临时学跳舞：none of your business（不关你的事）
  • 坦白身世换来她的名字：make something of（做出名堂）

同一词条的短语

• by the seat of your pants
• take a back seat
• bums on seats
• on the edge of your seat

习语频道里接下来

• by hand
• do good
• don't make me laugh
• find fault
• get your feet wet
• go downhill
• go figure
• have bigger fish to fry
• laugh in face
• on the off chance
• out of action
• out of thin air