slavedriverとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

slave-driver (plural slave-drivers)

1. An overseer of slaves at work; a person who puts slaves to work.
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     "That's the rifle I used against the Peruvian slave-drivers three years ago."

2. (colloquial, usually hyperbolic or figurative)
   1. An employer or supervisor who demands excessive amounts of work from an employee.

      He's such a slave-driver! I can't believe he wants us to come in on Saturday.

   2. (by extension, often humorous or sarcastic) Anyone who requests an amount of work from others that is deemed unreasonable.

      Mom, I need a break after doing homework! You're nothing but a slave-driver!

同意語

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