出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第199页（271字）
形容无上的权威，连个人的生或死，都可以一言而决之，例现代的法官不是专制帝王，必须依法判决，绝不能生杀予夺，为所欲为。
A modern-day judge cannot behave like a despotic king of old．He or she has to abide by the law and does not have absolute power to do whatever he or she wants to．