rule the roost

Verb

 * 1)  To be the controlling member(s) of a family, organization, or other group.
 * 2) * 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers, ch. 3:
 * His was biding his time, and patiently looking forward to the days when he himself would sit authoritative at some board, and talk and direct, and rule the roost, while lesser stars sat round and obeyed.
 * Note: Some copies have "rule the roast" in this passage.

Translations

 * Finnish: olla kukkona tunkiolla
 * Polish: rozstawiać po kątach, rozstawić po kątach
 * Spanish: manejar el cotarro (colloquial)