How to describe their relationship? (Participation rewards available)

a boss and his bodyguard

a guard and his employer

Answer revealed: a bodyguard and his client. Not long ago, I watched an American movie about a professional bodyguard. The premise is as follows: Two bodyguards were protecting a presidential candidate as he attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony when they were attacked by assassins. During the gunfight, the protagonist finally managed to kill the assassin, then ran over to help his wounded companion who had fallen to the ground; however, another killer seized the presidential candidate from behind him. The assassin gave the protagonist a lesson: he forced him to answer, \"What’s the first rule of a bodyguard?\" With no choice, the protagonist replied word by word, \"Never leave the client alone.\" The assassin warned him to remember that lesson, then shot the protagonist down (though not killing him), killed the presidential candidate in front of him, and left. The main plot is as follows: years later, the protagonist is hired by the FBI to protect a highly important individual, only to discover that the person he is meant to protect is none other than the assassin who once gave him a lesson in the past... This shows that the relationship between a professional bodyguard and the person they protect is not one of employer and employee. Strictly speaking, the person under protection is not either the boss of professional bodyguards. A boss usually refers to the person who gives orders in a certain institution, organization, or department, and this term is used with regard to those who work under them. No matter how high the status of the person being protected is, bodyguards usually do not follow his orders; they act in accordance with their professional procedures and duties. In the United States, the social role of professional bodyguards is similar to that of lawyers: providing professional services. For them, the person who comes to hire them is their client. As for the bodyguards of gang bosses that we often see in police procedurals, they are not professional bodyguards; in fact, they are members of the gang, and it’s appropriate to call their boss a ‘leader’.

It should be a bodyguard and his employer

Hehe, echommm is amazing! I participated in this Q&A session on the “Aiciba Salon”. At first I answered “a bodyguard and his boss”; after reading the answers, I found them quite meaningful, so I copied them here. I didn’t expect the answers to be revealed so quickly! :L:lol

Because your question hasn’t changed, it’s very easy to find. Next time, I’ll adjust the order; I might not be able to find it so easily then. I’ve learned a phrase as well. :lol :lol :lol

I think there are two ways of expressing this (borrowing echommm’s translation): 1. When it is the boss who is emphasized (the \"boss\" is the subject): A client and his bodyguard. 2. When it is the bodyguard who is emphasized (the \"bodyguard\" is the subject): A bodyguard and his client. Additionally, in the first two sentences, \"A\" placed before the noun refers to an unspecified person. To refer to a specific “boss” or “bodyguard,” the indefinite article “A” should be replaced with the definite article “The.” :handshake

Friend upstairs, my answer was copied from the Internet; I didn’t translate it myself. Post it so everyone can learn from it*. :loveliness: :loveliness: :loveliness:

Friend on the 8th floor, your idea is good; but from the perspective of a bodyguard, it’s the client who matters, so putting ‘client’ first doesn’t make sense: lol

a bodyguard and his client

A professional bodyguard is hired by a company boss