king of the castle

king of the castle

The most powerful, successful, or authoritative person in a group or organization. After years of slowly moving up the ranks, Joe finally became king of the castle in his office. This team will be hard to beat, reigning as king of the castle for three years straight.
See also: castle, king, of
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • king of the hill
  • snail
  • gallop
  • at a snail’s gallop
  • at a snail's gallop
  • filter in
  • filter in(to) (some place)
  • filter up
  • fade up
  • join the ranks (of something)
References in periodicals archive
They did enjoy a game of 'I'm the king of the castle' and a silly game of 'Catch me if you can' that resulted in one of them falling off and climbing back up to play again.
"(You feel like) you're just king of the castle. No boundary's big enough, no bowler's quick enough, it really is a moment to enjoy."
OUR intrepid readers are definitely king of the castle, as these great snaps show.
King of the Castle is a six man tournament which will determine the new Welsh Wrestling Heavyweight Champion.
by HE Bates; The Birds on the Trees by Nina Bawden; A Place in England by Melvyn Bragg; Down All the Days by Christy Brown; Bomber by Len Deighton; Troubles by JG Farrell; The Circle by Elaine Feinstein; The Bay of Noon by Shirley Hazzard; A Clubbable Woman by Reginald Hill; I'm the King of the Castle by Susan Hill; A Domestic Animal by Francis King; The Fire Dwellers by Margaret Laurence; Out of the Shelter by David Lodge; A Fairly Honourable Defeat by Iris Murdoch; Fireflies by Shiva Naipaul; Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian; Head to Toe by Joe Orton; Fire from Heaven by Mary Renault; A Guilty Thing Surprised by Ruth Rendell; The Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark; and The Vivisector by Patrick White.
Because, as Ian Poulter has found to his cost on many occasions, there is nothing worse than being dressed up as king of the castle and then playing like one of the castle's serving wenches.
A TWO-YEAR-OLD toddler is king of the castle thanks to his dad's handiwork.
Highlights include a specially commissioned new work, King Of The Castle, directed by Steve Tiplady, Artistic Director of The Little Angel Theatre.
ITS has published three titles by Gai Eaton: Remembering God, Reflections on Islam (2000), a newly revised edition of Islam and the Destiny of Man (1994), and King of the Castle, Choice and Responsibility in the Modern World (1990).
There was only one king of the castle this weekend - hip-thrusting Tom Jones.
In Susan Hill: The Essential Guide the same format is used except here four works are discussed: I'm the King of the Castle, Strange Meeting, The Woman in Black and A Bit of Singing and Dancing.
King of the castle Aberdeenshire is home to more castles per acre than anywhere else in the UK, with more than 300 castles, ruins and stately homes open to the public.
Botham, whose record was smashed by Stokes, hailed the new "king of the castle".
In medieval times it was 'king of the castle.' .' Which child hasn't played that?
KING OF THE CASTLE? Less than two miles from Caerphilly Castle, named by WalesOnline readers as the best castle in Wales.