attila the hunとは 意味・読み方・使い方

派生語

• Attilanic

名詞

Attila the Hun

1. Generally, a tyrant, or otherwise, a person characterized by ruthless aggressiveness.
   • 2004, Ken Wells, Travels with Barley: A Journey Through Beer Culture in America, page 172:

     He also told me that while Rehr, in person, could be “a gracious and friendly guy,” he was clearly “the Attila the Hun of the alcoholic beverage industry.

   • 2003, Gina F. Wilkins, The Family Plan, page 9:

     He didn't know then that he had hired the Attila the Hun of ambitious young lawyers.

   • 2001, Jake Tapper, Down and Dirty: The Plot to Steal the Presidency, page 315:

     They don't have a Jim Baker, they don't have a warrior, an Attila the Hun.

   • 1998, Ole Ingstrup; Paul Stanley Crookall, The Three Pillars of Public Management: Secrets of Sustained Success, page 9:

     The organizations don't tolerate an Attila the Hun in one office and a Mother Teresa next door.

   • 1998, Edward Klein, Just Jackie: Her Private Years, page 270:

     What better way for them to get started, Grastos said, than for Onassis to call Roy M. Cohn, the Attila the Hun of divorce attorneys.

   • 1982, Paul L. Brown, Managing Behavior on the Job, page 84:

     The workers were being supervised by an Attila the Hun.

Further reading

• Attila the Hun on Wikipedia.
• Attila the Hun at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “Attila the Hun”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.