Never in my life."After being bumped up to manager, I'm going to have to ride herd on the staff."
Do you use this expression in conversation?
I don't use it, as it seems to equate staff to cattle. It is, however, used by some."After being bumped up to manager, I'm going to have to ride herd on the staff."
Do you use this expression in conversation?
I don't use it, as it seems to equate staff to cattle. It is, however, used by some.
People (or animals) don't herd themselves, they are herded by somebody else. "The students were herded..." "The tourists were herded..." and yes, for me it carries the same connotation. That of treating people like cattle.Would you interpret that it conveys the same conotation, if I said that the tourists herded onto the bus or the students herded into the auditorium for an exam?
Would you interpret that it conveys the same conotation, if I said that the tourists herded onto the bus or the students herded into the auditorium for an exam?
No. They don't mean the same thing.
According to ride herd on - Idioms - by the Free Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. "ride herd on" means:
Fig. to supervise someone or something. (Alludes to a cowboy supervising cattle.)
to be responsible for controlling a group of people and their actions
"To herd" means to move people as a group.
Yes you can herd people. It implies that they're just moved about like animals.
If you've ever watched a tour bus full of tourists, you know exactly what it looks like. :-D
Where does this definition come from, ostap?Don't get me wrong I'm just trying to figure out if it's possible to use it.
"Meaning:
1 [+ obj] : to gather and move (a group of animals) ▪ herd cattle ▪ The horses were herded into the corral.
2 a [+ obj] : to move (people) in a group ▪ We left the hotel and were herded onto a bus. ▪ They herded the students into the auditorium. b [no obj] : to form a group or move as a group ▪ The commuters herded onto the train.
—herd·er /ˈhɚdɚ/ noun plural herd·ers [count]"
Absolutely. This is a very common expression in my part of the world (Texas, United States). It is used regularly here."After being bumped up to manager, I'm going to have to ride herd on the staff."
Do you use this expression in conversation?
'The commuters herded into the train' isn't anything I've ever heard. The word is sometimes used to refer to the process of forming a herd: 'Every year at this time hundreds of thousands of wildebeest herd before migrating in search of the lush grass of <wherever>'.
In my experience, commuters crowd[/U ]or squeeze or squash themselves into carriages. They can also swarm into them, but that's slightly more dynamic.
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'The commuters herded into the train' isn't anything I've ever heard. The word is sometimes used to refer to the process of forming a herd: 'Every year at this time hundreds of thousands of wildebeest herd before migrating in search of the lush grass of <wherever>'.
In my experience, commuters crowd[/U ]or squeeze or squash themselves into carriages. They can also swarm into them, but that's slightly more dynamic.
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