call the shots

释义

1. 牛津电影里 100%

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   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.

电影里这样说 · 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
• They got them all. So they call the shots.Fargo1996
• Don't worry. We call the shots around here.The Insider1999
• 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
• Called shot by the Babe.The Sandlot1993

在完整场景里学

• 神采公路2002
  • 酒吧里讲许愿人传说：take a shine to someone（看上某人）
  • 生日午餐被安排前途：take that to the bank（板上钉钉）
  • 病房里的举牌测知觉：be wired（天生就这样）
• 钢木兰1989
  • 清早的忙乱与当场录用：talking to a brick wall（说了等于白说）
  • 美发店雇新人聊八卦：talk some trash（聊点别人的闲话）
  • 婚前拉锯与邻里算账：a bone to pick with（有账要算）
• 冰血暴1996
  • 酒吧里谈绑架交易：rob Peter to pay Paul（拆东墙补西墙）
  • 谈绑架又向老丈人借钱：a heck of a lot（一大堆）
  • 强推涂层被骂骗子：talk in circles（绕圈子）

同一词条的短语

• 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