| 单词 | in the driver's seat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin the driver's seat 2. figurative. A position of authority or control. Chiefly in in the driver's seat: in charge; in control of a situation. Cf. driving seat n. 2.In early quots. as part of an extended metaphor. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > in control or charge [phrase] to be in the saddle1581 in the driver's seat1860 in the driving seat1947 1860 Hutchings' Calif. Mag. Dec. 256/2 The conservative element..may always occupy the driver's seat of the Government coach, and, holding the reins, guide it safely along the highroad of prosperity. 1892 Edinb. Evening News 9 Apr. Lord Salisbury is now in the driver's seat, and Mr Chamberlain sits behind to keep off those Radicals who seek to upset the coach, or to increase the speed of the horses. 1923 Nation 18 July 49 He has swung blithely into the driver's seat and cheerfully undertaken to run the nation without knowing how. 1948 N.Y. Times 18 Apr. v. 2/1 Leo Durocher, after an involuntary year of exile, is back in the driver's seat. 2003 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 13 Apr. xvii. 7/2 The search for the right college should be the student's... ‘They should be in the driver's seat; they should own this process.’ < as lemmas |
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