boss

Everyday

1. A boss is the person in charge at work who tells others what to do. tree →
2. To boss someone around is to keep telling them what to do in an unkind way. tree →
3. In video games a boss is a very strong enemy at the end of a level. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life parents and adults have bosses at work. In manners and friendship lessons being bossy is a problem: good leaders ask and share. In games children fight the boss at the end of a level. Phrases: the boss, boss around, be your own boss, bossy.

Examples

• My mum's boss gave her a day off. tree →
• Who's the boss here? tree →
• Stop bossing me around! tree →
• The boss of the shop opened the doors. tree →
• He wants to be his own boss one day. tree →
• I beat the final boss in the game. tree →
• My sister is so bossy. tree →

Note

Plural «bosses» (add -es after s). «Bossy» (adjective) means always telling others what to do — it is not a compliment. «Boss around» is informal. A boss is in charge; workers or staff work for the boss.

In Jewish tradition

The raised, rounded knob in the middle of a shield. In Job, a wicked man charges at God behind the thick bosses of his shield.

Interpretation. Read as a picture of stubborn pride and defiance, using strength against God that cannot protect him.

Examples

• He runneth upon him with a stiff neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers. (Writings JOB.15.26, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Plural «bosses» (add -es after s). «Bossy» (adjective) means always telling others what to do — it is not a compliment. «Boss around» is informal. A boss is in charge; workers or staff work for the boss.