Authoritative Phrases

Phrases

• Appeal to Caesar
• Big fish in a small pool (someone considered influential compared to their less significant peers)
• Bog standard
• Command and control
• Double standard
• Exert one's authority
• Free hand
• From on high
• His word is law
• I have it on good authority
• I'm in charge (A catchphrase from Bruce Forsyth)
• Kept in your place
• Kow-tow to
• Leading authority
• Pull rank
• Standard of the World (Cadillac advertising slogan)
• Summer time (the time adopted during the summer in advance of the standard time)
• Take charge
• The Gold Standard
• Vodka as it should be (Russian Standard advertising slogan)
• We answer to a higher authority (Hebrew National hot dogs advertising slogan)
• World authority