master of the house

Papa "has the right as master of the house to have the final word at home," while Mama "must know the way to make a proper home, a quiet home, a kosher home," and "must raise a family and run the home, so papa's free to read the holy book."

How could the man who drove a golden chariot across the kingdoms of Ardestan, who laughs like a lion laughs—friend of the highest emirs and lowest dervishes, poet of his own religion, and master of the house with the birds in the walls—how could he ever travel to the real world of Edmond, Oklahoma?

“You don’t know the gentlemen here? You have not exchanged a syllable with one of them? Will you say that of the master of the house!”

“The authorities found themselves in a defending position, the initiative belongs to the opposition: the opposition is protesting, trying to contest election results … It looks like Putin has given the order to show who’s the master of the house. The easiest way of doing that is to launch a criminal case. The authorities here aren’t capable of much beyond that,” Gallyamov said.

Millions of theatergoers around the world have seen “Les Misérables,” the musical adaptation of Victor Hugo’s 1862 novel about crime and redemption, liberty and struggle, and gone home with the words of such numbers as “Master of the House” and “Do You Hear the People Sing?” still ringing in their ears.