A fat swan loved he best of any roost [roast].
--Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
{To rule the roast}, to be at the head of affairs. ``The new-made duke that rules the roast.'' --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
rule the roast — phrasal or rule the roost : to be at the head of things : have full authority or control wouldn t you like to rule the roast, and guide this university W.S.Gilbert a little boy school in which I and my gang had ruled the roost Donald Moffat * * * … Useful english dictionary
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