bossyboots

bossyboots

Someone who is bossy or controlling. Josh is such a bossyboots, always trying to micromanage my every move.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • bossy
  • on one's
  • on someone's
  • run someone out of town
  • (I've) got to go
  • save someone's skin
  • (Have you) been OK?
  • pillow-biter
  • do someone or something justice
  • out of one's
References in periodicals archive
You know the sort: matching waterproofs, ``hilarious'' answer machine messages that are either sung or purport to be from Agnes, Bill and Bossyboots the cat (miaow).
Positively barking...; View from the Vale
Bossyboots Amy Adams (below) gives Kerry barkeep Matthew Goode a rough ride after she loses boyfriend Adam Scott in Dublin.
TUESDAY
s e n s s Take that smug bossyboots Sandi Toksvig from The News Quiz.
Left gagging; WHY IT'S SO HARD TO HAVE A RIGHT LAUGH
OF all TV's bossyboots, Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer are the ones you'd most like to go down the pub with.
Your LIFE: WE LOVE TELLY! - PROPERTY LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION C4, 8pm
TEN years ago, annoying American bossyboots Ann Maurice brought the concept of home staging to Britain and showed clueless home-owners how to shift their hard-to-sell properties.
YourLIFE: WE LOVE TELLY! - REALITY ANN MAURICE: INTERIOR RIVALRY Five, 9pm
4 MONTHS; They still look the same - Sarah who weighed 2lb 9.5oz at birth, Vicky (2lb 9.5oz) Craig (2lb 9oz) Cara (2lb 11oz) Philip (3lb 2.5oz); CHRISTENING; (From left) Vicky, Philip, Sarah, Craig and Cara are starting to look like individuals but they are still a cute little bunch; 18 MONTHS; HARD-PRESSED BUT PROUD: Mum Lesley and dad Geoff snatch a break from non-stop child-rearing for this heart-warming photo; AGED SIX; The Needham bunch (from left) Vicky, Craig, Cara, Philip and Sarah are beginning to show the first signs of their boisterous individuality; BOSSYBOOTS: Vicky; DREAMY: Cara; TOMBOY: Sarah; BRAINY: Craig; JOKER: Philip; PROUD: Mum Lesley
FIVE kids who look like they've nothing QUIN common; As Britain's record-breaking quintuplets reach 18, you'd never even guess they are brothers and sisters
A self-confessed bossyboots she spends much of her time shaking her booty on the dance floor.
INFAMOUS FIVE; THE LONG HOT SUMMER OF BRUV New hopeful's arrival shock
Bossyboots Georgie, 18, relished the control she had over boyfriend Guy, 31, and loved wearing the trousers in their relationship.
Can love last if he's under the thumb?; NO: I BOSSED HIM AROUND AND HE FLED TO ANOTHER WOMAN
If Bossyboots Bev gets her way, childminders and people running pre-school nurseries will be compelled to teach a new national curriculum for the under-threes.
Paul Routledge: Teaching our toddlers should be child's play
for instance, a musical makeover show which targets two well-known wardrobe bossyboots (Pleasance).
Your Essential Edinburgh: A TO Z BEST OF THE FEST
Bossyboots Anthea ordered the grown-ups around while Wendy chatted to the children.
They've got to be kidding; WEEKEND VIEW
She's a self-appointed moral guardian, an old-fashioned bossyboots who, despite being a virgin, believes she knows what's best for everyone, from promiscuous teenage girls to hardened criminals.
Sue Carroll column: DORIS IS HAGUE'S BEST BET
Bossyboots Eileen was all smiles at Aintree when the race was finally run.
BOSSY EILEEN'S FROSTY RECEPTION; TELLY TALK: LAST NIGHT'S VIEW
Maybe Gail was a bossyboots and her colleagues were trying to take her down a peg.
Don't strip us of our dignity