EXAMPLE: My uncle was an important executive at work, but my aunt ruled the roost at home, and he never questioned her judgment about any domestic matters.

我叔叔在工作上是位重要的高管，但我婶婶当家，他从来不质疑婶婶在家庭事务上的任何意见。

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Chickens sit on a roost at night.

鸡夜晚栖息在竿子上。

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John rules the roost at home; his children and even his wife do everything he says.

约翰在家里头：他的孩子甚至他妻子都按他说的行事。

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Many of the alleged victims were housed in caravans at Beggars Roost site in Staverton, near Cheltenham.

BBC: Connors trial: Worker 'would have been found if he left'

Many of them were housed in caravans at Beggars Roost site in Staverton, near Cheltenham, the jury was told.

BBC: Caravan park in Staverton

Two of the best are " Ice Lights", a light-installation at Vancouver City Hall that looks like ice framing the historic building, and " The Birds", a pair of larger-than-life bird sculptures that once stood sentry at the site of the Olympic Village and now roost at the Southeast False Creek Plaza.

BBC: Vancouver after the Games