simon legree
[noun]
Synonyms: slave driver, rawhider, taskmaster

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

Simon Legree noun

1. (in the US) a name applied to somebody who forces others to work very hard and is often cruel to them. It comes from the character in the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin who beats Uncle Tom so badly that he dies
   • ● Charlie said his history teacher was a real Simon Legree.

[TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲

simon legree
n., informal A strict person, especially a boss, who makes others work very hard.
Don't talk on the job; the boss is a real Simon Legree.
Everybody avoids the foreman. He acts like a Simon Legree.

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