Thematic Index of Idioms: Authority and Responsibility

La lista de Idioms mostradas a continuación, competen al ítem de Responsabilidad y Autoridad:

Break someone’s balls	Not someone’s keeper
Hand/pass the baton	Not your brother’s keeper
Pick up the baton	Kick ass/butt
The blind leading the blind	Rap someone on the knuckles
Take something on board	Land in your lap
Throw the book at someone	Be thrown into your lap
Step into someone’s boots	Lay down the law
Fill someone’s boots	Take the law into your own hands
Hold no brief for something	A lightning rod for something
The buck stops here	Toe the line
The buck stops with someone	Shoot the messenger
Pass the buck	The movers and shakers
Carry the can	Get away with murder
On the carpet	Face the music
Call someone on the carpet	The pecking order
In the catbird seat	Be someone’s pigeon
A big cheese	Have enough on your plate
Too many chiefs and not enough Indians	Have a lot on your plate
Too many chiefs	Have your plate full
Haul/rake someone over the coals	Pull rank
Be your department	Take the rap
Not your department	Read the riot act
Lay something at someone’s door	Ride roughshod over someone
Pin someone’s ear back	Take a back seat
Give someone a black eye	Step into someone’s shoes
Point the finger at someone	Fill someone’s shoes
Put the finger on someone	Run the show
A big fish/frog (in a small pond)	Stand up and be counted
Put your foot down	The standard bearer
(the name) in the frame	Carry/wield a big stick
The big guns	(come down on someone) like a ton
A big gun	of bricks
Off your hands	On someone’s watch
Out of your hands	Carry the weight of the world on
Wash your hands of something	your shoulders
Go over someone’s head	Throw your weight around/about
Sit in judgment	A big wheel

 

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See also:

¿Que son los Idioms?	Particles List of Phrasal Verbs
Gramatica de un Idiom	Lista de Términos Gramaticales
Importancia de los Idioms	Common misspellings
Como aprender Idioms	Irregular verbs List
Common Clichés	Particles List of Phrasal Verbs
Common Slangs	Abz Grammar Top Tips

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