► 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:
- うざったい上司 ⇨ An annoying boss
- 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
- 彼は上司にでも平気で物を言う ⇨ He criticizes his boss in his face
- 彼は上司に御世辞たらたらだ ⇨ He’s spewing flattery for his boss, brown-nosing his boss
- バカな上司のせいでやる気が萎えた ⇨ My motivation has shrunk, gone, because of my stupid boss
- 彼はいつも上司にへいこらしている ⇨ He is always a yes-man to his boss
- 彼は上司の名前を呼び捨てた ⇨ He called his boss’s name without a salutation
- 上司に嫌がらせをされている ⇨ I’ve been harrassed by my 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
- 上司の了解を取り付けた ⇨ I got an approval from my boss
- 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
- 上司に連絡を入れた ⇨ I sent a message to my boss
- 彼は上司の言いなりだ ⇨ He does everything his boss tells him without questioning
- 上司にへいこらするのは自分の性に合わない ⇨ It’s not my personality, in me, to brown-nose my boss
- ああいう上司には付いて行けない ⇨ I cannot go with, work for, a boss like that