xié tiān zǐ yǐ lìng zhū hóu
挟制着皇帝,用皇帝的名义发号施令。现比喻用领导的名义按自己的意思去指挥别人。
宋 张端义《贵耳集》下卷:“挟天子以令诸侯,诸侯必从,然谓之尊君则不可。”
挟天子以令诸侯复句式;作谓语、定语、分句;含贬义。
have the emperor in one's power with the aim of oedering the dukes about in his name