English ⇄ Russian

in the catbird seat stresses
gen.	в выгодном положении
amer.	в преимущественном положении (Your fluency in French should put you in the catbird seat for getting the Paris posting. Val_Ships)
inf.	на коне (For the first time since the economic recovery began six years ago, white-collar professionals with specialized skills in fields like technology, finance, engineering and software find themselves in the catbird seat. VLZ_58)
slang	занимающий преимущественное положение, способный контролировать ситуацию