queen bee



queen bee

A woman who has authority or is in a dominant or favored position over her peers. An allusion to the (typically) lone egg-laying female of a bee colony. Martha fancies herself a queen bee after her promotion, but she's only an assistant supervisor. You'll have to ask the queen bee before you put through any more orders on the company card.
See also: bee, queen

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Dinu-Romanian
LŐRincLUU-reentsHungarian
FranČIŠKa-Slovene
Savino-Italian
BaerBERLimburgish
Elli (2)EL-leeFinnish