the roost

• At home alfred roberts rules the roost , and there was no question that what he said went
  在家里，是艾尔弗雷德?罗伯茨说了算，他说什么，就是什么，不容许表示任何怀疑。
• More likely , mr putin will go on ruling the roost at home , perhaps leaving foreign policy to mr medvedev
  更有可能的是，普京先生将继续在国内当家，而把外交事务托付给梅德韦杰夫先生。
• Throughout much of the 20th century the excluders have ruled the roost , punishing those in their flock who dared to write for those paying the bills
  20世纪的大部份时间里，都是由排外者掌控大权，惩罚那些胆敢为纳税大众介绍科学的同僚。
• We drive ourselves with a formula , like a machine . the logical mind pretends to rule the roost , and the roost turns into pure hate
  我们用一种公式推动我们自己，象推动一部机械一样，逻辑的精神自以为可以领导一切，而一节却变成纯粹的仇恨了。
• Naturally then , it would prey on his mind as a born leader of men , which undoubtedly he was , and a commanding figure , a sixfooter or at any rate five feet ten or eleven in his stockinged feet , whereas messrs so - and - so who , though they weren t even a patch on the former man , ruled the roost after their redeeming features were very few and far between
  毫无疑问，他天生是位领袖人材，回国的念头自自然然地会折磨着他。他仪表堂堂，身高六英尺脱了鞋起码也还有五英尺十或十一英寸。而某人以及某某人等208不但跟这样一位前任比起来有云泥之差，而在旁的方面又无可弥补，却飞扬跋扈。