French idioms
What does “Faire la pluie et le beau temps” mean?
Faire la pluie et le beau temps
Word for word
To make the rain and the fine weather
What it really means
To run everything, to decide a place's direction single-handedly. Used for bosses, politicians and whoever actually holds the power.
How we say it in English
To call the shots
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