bossed around

Polish officials still have fresh memories of their country's EU accession, when they were bossed around and told to shape up.

波兰官员仍然对加入欧盟时的情景记忆犹新，欧盟委员会的人颐指气使的告诉他们要好好表现。

Royal governors came to plunder but found that American planters and merchants could not easily be bossed around.

英国总督本想在此大肆掠夺一番，却发现这里的种植园主和商贾并没有那么容易就被人牵着鼻子走。

It is fun if you are almost the same age because you can play together, but sometimes I get bossed around and sometimes we get in arguments.

若姐姐和弟弟年龄差不多大，可以一起玩，就很好。但有时候姐姐像老板，我们会争吵。

I can't stand being bossed around by this clown .

我受不了被这个小丑颐指气使。

I can't stand being bossed around by the manager.

我受不了经理的颐指气使。

I don't like being bossed around by you or anyone else.

我讨厌被你或其他人唤来唤去的。

What do you feel like when you get bossed around?

姐姐对你像老板时，你感觉怎样？

"Oxen must be pretty clever to be bossed around the way they are" (Dialect Notes)

“牛必须要很驯服才能接受指挥”（方言注释）

they are afraid of being bossed around by their husbands

她们害怕被丈夫呼来喝去；