control freak

control freak

Someone who has an obsessive or compulsive need to control every aspect of a situation and/or the ways in which others act. My father can be such a control freak sometimes, always dictating how I should be living my life. Janice is a real control freak—she wouldn't even let me help her vacuum the carpet!
See also: control, freak
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • freak
  • regain (something) from (one)
  • regain from
  • battle for
  • the power behind the throne
  • power behind the throne
  • power behind the throne, the
  • rage out of control
  • whistle (something) down the wind
  • whistle something down the wind
References in periodicals archive
If there are increasing signs of a leadership that deserves to be described as a control freak, you can be assured that the country is moving away from democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights and freedoms, towards tyranny and arbitrary rule.
But when your name's on something u what kind of fashion designer isn't a control freak? If you buy a Tom Ford shoe, that means Tom Ford designed it, that means the heel better be the way Tom Ford designed it, not Joe Smith...
He says: "Control Freak focuses on our ability to control those around us, through a mix of magic, psychology, neuro-linguistics programming, reading body language, subliminal messaging, influencing, devilish good looks and lying."
Control Freak can be seen at Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, on October 11.
Most of the best businesses have people in senior positions who aren't afraid to be labeled control freaks.
Using the workbook and a cashbook, users have the information needed to apply the Control Freak recipe, she claims.
REJECT a control freak. Sure, serving up her opinion is one thing, but if she is always telling you what to do, what bands to like, and why you should get dark caramel streaks instead of the sunny highlights you want--is she a friend or a dictator?
In that relationship, a deeply religious, short-tempered control freak tried to mold his bewildered, willful son into an entirely different person.
CONTROL freak Dmitirir Piterman has found a novel way of bending La Liga rules at Racing Santander where he has taken over as president.
POP'S greatest control freak Madonna lifted the lid on married this week.
We argued about this and I called him a "control freak", which really annoyed him and, in truth, I regret saying it (he isn't).
THE Voice control freak Christina Marie Wickens, who broke the mould by being able to sing, mind.
I am a perfectionist and a control freak" - Fashion designer Victoria Beckham.
Washington, Mar 18 ( ANI ): Madonna insists that she is not a 'control freak' and claims that she actually 'can't work' without inputs from other artists.
Lee describes the show as a rare treat: "I'm a bit of a control freak when it comes to jokes, I usually have to write them or be involved in the writing," he admits.