这些短语均可表示“耀武扬威，指手画脚”，带有对说话人厌弃的意味，是非正式用语，多用进行时态。
- Ever since he was put in charge of a workshop, he's been hurling/throwing/tossing/chucking/flinging his weight about/around in the factory, and getting himself disliked.
自从当上了车间主任，他在厂里总是耀武扬威，令人厌恶。 - The youth club leader was dismissed for trying to hurl/throw/chuck/fling/toss his weight about , which the young people refused to accept.
青年俱乐部的领导被撤职，因为他总想对人指手画脚，而年轻人不吃他这一套。 - If he starts throwing his weight about with me, I shall tell him just what I think of him.
如果他对我指手画脚，我就对他不客气。 - He was stronger than the other boys, and he threw his weight around .
他仗着自己身强力壮，总对其他孩子显出一副不可一世的样子。
