hold all the cards

also have all the cards

to have what is needed to control a situation He holds all the cards in our office - he even decides where the water coolers are located and what kinds of pencils we have.

Etymology: based on the idea of holding (controlling) the most valuable cards in a card game

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lou	LOO (English)	English, French
Vaughn	VAWN	Welsh, English
AbdÜLhamİT	-	Turkish
Thomasina	tom-ə-SEE-nə	English
Ezequiel	-	Spanish, Portuguese
Savino	-	Italian