who died and made you boss en · X
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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Sarcastic response to somebody assuming a position of authority that they have not earned.
“Good evening, and welcome to the Professional Order of Perverts’ International Council of Masters. I am your leader, Lord Thundersteel.” “Leader? The hell you are!” “Yeah, who died and made you boss? How would you like a taste of the whip, big boy?”
2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “Kinksters and kinksterettes—Who are these people, anyway?” (chapter 1), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 27:
Synonyms
who died and left you in charge · who died and made you queen · who died and gave you the reins · who died and made you king · who died and made you president