词汇 | Chiefs |
释义 | (redirected from Chiefs)be the chief cook and bottle washerTo be involved in many aspects of a particular situation. Because so many people have left our department recently, I'm the chief cook and bottle washer, doing every little task that comes up. chief cook and bottle washerOne who is involved in many aspects of a particular situation. Because so many people have left our department recently, I'm the chief cook and bottle washer, doing every little task that comes up. (there are) too many chiefs and not enough IndiansThere are too many people trying to manage or organize something, and not enough people willing to actually do the work. One of many expressions often considered offensive for making reference to Native American stereotypes or tropes. Everyone wants to be the brains of this project, but there are too many chiefs and not enough Indians! big white chiefAn important, successful, or influential person. The phrase is usually used humorously, but is potentially offensive due to its likely origin as a pseudo-Native American term. Jacob thinks he's a big white chief now that he's been promoted to assistant manager. I'm the big white chief around here, so you have to do what I say. head cook and bottle washerOne who is involved in many aspects of a particular situation. Because so many people have left our department recently, I'm the chief cook and bottle washer, doing every little task that comes up. chief cook and bottle washerFig. the person in charge of practically everything (such as in a very small business). I'm the chief cook and bottle washer around here. I do everything. Too many chiefs and not enough Indians.Prov. Too many people want to be the leader, and not enough people are willing to follow to do the detail work. Everyone on that committee wants to be in charge. Too many chiefs and not enough Indians. We'll never finish this project if everyone keeps trying to give orders. There are too many chiefs and not enough Indians. chief cook and bottlewasherA person in charge of numerous duties, both vital and trivial, as in We have no secretaries or clerks; the department head is chief cook and bottlewasher and does it all . [Slang; c. 1840] too many chiefs and not enough IndiansOFFENSIVE ortoo many chiefsIf there are too many chiefs or too many chiefs and not enough Indians in an organization, there are too many people in charge and not enough people doing the work. This bank has 21 executive directors. No surprise, then, that some insiders say there are too many chiefs. big white chiefa person in authority. humorousThis expression supposedly represents Native American speech, and also occurs as great white chief . 1971 Roger Busby Deadlock You'd think he was the bloody big white chief instead of an OB technician. chief cook and bottle-washera person who performs a variety of important but routine tasks. informaltoo many chiefs and not enough Indiansused to describe a situation where there are too many people giving orders and not enough people to carry them out.there are too many ˌchiefs and not enough ˈIndians(British English, informal) used to describe a situation in which there are too many people telling other people what to do, and not enough people to do the workchief n. the person in charge. (Also a term of address.) You got a couple of clams to pay the toll with, chief? head cook and bottle washerand chief cook and bottle washer n. someone who is in charge of trivial things as well as the important things. Ten years I’m here, and I’m just the head cook and bottle washer. The chief cook and bottle washer ends up doing everything that has to be done. chief cook and bottle washerverbSee head cook and bottle washer chief cook and bottle washerIndividual who has most of the many and quite varied responsibilities in an enterprise. This slangy Americanism originated in the first half of the 1800s. Alluding to kitchen duties, the term is used far more broadly, as in “Mr. Miller described himself as the ‘president, chief cook and bottle washer’ of his company” (New York Times, Nov. 7, 1992). too many chiefs and not enough IndiansToo many bosses and not enough workers. This expression, also stated more hyperbolically as all chiefs and no Indians, originated in the first half of the 1900s. Although the term refers to native American tribal organization, it is not considered offensive. |
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