习语可以是一个词或短语，要理解习语的意思不能脱离其文化背景。习语一词的含义甚广，其蕴含的意义往往不能从词或词组的字面意思推测而得。习语在所有语言中都很常见。英语习语是日常英语的重要组成部分。在英语的书面语和口语中，存在海量的习语。
儒琴今日习语（Idiom of the Day）
throw your weight around
英语解释
to use your position or influence unfairly to get what you want；to assert oneself in a controlling, domineering, or authoritarian manner; to exercise one’s position of authority, power, or influence, especially to an overbearing or excessive degree.
中文解释
仗势欺人；滥用权势(盛气凌人,骄横跋扈)
原文举例
President Trump throws his weight around at NATO Summit. He engaged in some sharp-elbowed diplomacy Thursday when he appeared to shove aside the prime minister of a tiny Balkan country and barge to the front of the pack for a group photo at the NATO summit.
特朗普总统在北约峰会上骄横跋扈。他采取了咄咄逼人的外交策略。周四，在北约(NATO)峰会上，他似乎把巴尔干半岛一个小国的总理推到一边，走到人群最前面拍了一张合影。
Some of May’s allies also fear renegade Brexiters from the right wing of the Tory party could throw their weight behind Labour in the hope that a no-confidence vote would result in a more Brexit-friendly Conservative being installed in her place.
梅的一些盟友还担心，来自保守党右翼的脱欧叛变者可能会凭借支持工党而仗势欺人，希望不信任投票将促成一个更支持脱欧的保守党接替她的位置。
