► 名詞
上司 [(1)じょうし] meaning: manager rank: 2
☆ 上司がバカだと仕事が嫌になる ⇨ You will hate your job when your boss is an idiot (☛ A manager directly above you. Your direct boss)
More examples:
- 彼は仕事をするより上司に取り入ることに一生懸命だ ⇨ He spends more energy on brown-nosing his boss than getting his work done
- 彼は接客態度に注意するよう上司に忠告された ⇨ He was advised, told, by his boss on how to treat customers
- あのバカ上司の機嫌を伺うのには疲れた ⇨ I am fed up with watching out for the mood of my idiot boss
- 彼はいつも上司にへこへこしている ⇨ He is always bowing to, sheepishly obeying, his boss
- 上司が彼の考えをけちょんけちょんに貶した ⇨ His boss lambasted his idea
- 彼は上司を差し置いて社長に進言した ⇨ He went over his boss’ head and gave his opinion to the CEO
- 愚かな上司に部下はやる気を殺がれた ⇨ The stupid boss ruined the morals of his subordinates
- 私は上司に文句を行ったが彼は取り合おうとしなかった ⇨ I complained to my boss but he tried not to listen
- 私は上司に抗議したが、簡単にあしらわれた ⇨ I protested to my boss but (my protest) got quickly dismissed
- 上司に嫌味を言われて嫌な思いをした ⇨ I was annoyed by my boss’s sarcastic remark
- あいつは上司におべんちゃらばかり言っている ⇨ He is always throwing praises to his boss
- 彼はいつも上司の顔色を窺っている ⇨ He is always watching out for his boss’s mood
- 彼は上司にこき使われるままになっている ⇨ He is letting his boss abuse him (without doing anything about it)
- 上司が馬鹿だとやる気が無くなる ⇨ You lose motivation when your boss is an idiot
- 上司が余りに強引だと下の者は萎縮する ⇨ When a boss is too iron-fisted, the subordinates will be scared to take initiatives