you're the boss

A thinly veiled threat which means "If you don't do what I want you to do, I will screw you over. But I'm not telling you what I want you to do."

Jose proceeded to gloat about all the dirt he said on me, and then he kept saying "you're the boss" at me, meaning if I didn't do what he wanted, he'd hurt me somehow.

by Downvoting Victim August 23, 2021

You're the boss

In a conversation between a superior and an inferior, when the inferior suggests something from the position of the superior, and the superior agrees, the response the superior gives to mark the agreement.

Michael: "30 percent is bullshit. 25 seems reasonable, I might borrow from you. We'll finish the paperwork now."
Moshe: "You're the boss."

by btarunr August 13, 2011

You're not the boss of me

I'm not going to listen to you. If they try to make me listen to them I'm going to kill a child. I'm not going to shut up. You are not the boss of ANYBODY. You're not an authority of me. I'm taking the proceed from my intellectual property and I'm retiring. You have no say in the matter.

Hym "You're not the boss of me and I don't have to listen to you. What the fuck is with the freaks and trying to make other men listen to them? I'm not doing it. The women too. Stop trying to make me do this. I'm not letting you control my mind."

by Hym Iam October 19, 2025