walk all over

IPA/wˈɔːk ˈɔːl ˈəʊvə/
IPA/wˈɔːk ˈɔːl ˈoʊvɚ/

walk all over — 慣用語

1. to dominate or take advantage of someone by ignoring their feelings, needs, or r

1.慣用語及物B2
釋義

踐踏；完勝

利用弱勢欺負人或輕鬆擊敗對手

to dominate or take advantage of someone by ignoring their feelings, needs, or rights, often forcing them to accept your demands; or to defeat another person or team completely and with no difficulty in a competition or argument

例句

A new manager walked all over the junior staff, giving them the worst tasks and ignoring their ideas.

新主管欺壓基層員工，把最差的工作丟給他們，絲毫不理會他們的意見。

walk all over + person (workplace domination)

If you always agree to help, people will soon walk all over you.

如果你總是有求必應，別人很快就會騎到你頭上。

advice structure: 'people will walk all over you'

同義詞
  • push around

    equally informal; focuses on bullying or bossing someone

  • take advantage of

    more neutral register; can apply to situations (not just people)

  • trounce

    used only for defeat in games, competitions, or arguments; slightly dated

反義詞
  • stand up to

    the opposite action — refusing to be dominated

  • respect

    opposite of the 'treat badly' meaning

文法句型

walk all over + person / team / opponent

passive: get walked all over / be walked all over

imperative: don't let [someone] walk all over you

用法筆記

Always takes an object — the person or group that is being dominated or defeated. Commonly used in advice or warning sentences such as 'Don't let them walk all over you.' The passive form (get walked all over / be walked all over) is also frequent in spoken English.

常見錯誤

❌She walked all over the exam.
✅She walked all over the other candidates in the exam.
💡The idiom refers to defeating people, not things or tasks.
❌The new boss walked all over.
✅The new boss walked all over the office staff.
💡The idiom always requires an object.