king of the hill

king of the hill

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 hill in his office. This team will be hard to beat, reigning as king of the hill for three years straight.
See also: hill, king, of
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • king of the castle
  • 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
Jimmy Braddish advanced to King of the Hill finals.
-e men'"King of the Hill" prize went to Stephen Skates, from Brynford near Holywell, who won the STANDARD DISTANCE TRIATHLON held as part of the same event (1500m swim, 53 km cycle and 10km run).
Burkley also starred as Redd Foxx's junkyard partner Cal Pettie on "Sanford" a reboot of "Sanford and Son"; and voiced Carl Moss, the principal of Tom Landry Middle School, in "King of the Hill."
TWO veteran locos were declared King of the Hill after last weekend's Superpower event on the Welsh Highland Railway.
King of the Hill (E4, 11.30pm) WHAT is it about the US and prime-time sitcoms?
Extract - written and directed by Mike Judge, of King Of The Hill and Beavis And Butt-head fame - opened in America last October to less than stellar reviews and box office results.
ON PARADE: The Barnesbury race competitors pictured in Acomb Hall after the race with club members (above) and helpers KING OF THE HILL: Paul Murphy (above) won the Barnesbury Cycling Club president's run and hill climb CANN DO: John Cann won the race's downhill section UP AND ADAM: Adam Hogarth was the best junior GIRL POWER: Hilary Ross was the first lady home WATT AN EFFORT: Kyle Watts was the best juvenile
"King of the Hill," Judge's subsequent project, finds an antecedent in Judge's own experience.
Is New York still indisputably king of the hill? Put briefly, no.
Equal parts Bobby Hill (King of the Hill), Max Fischer (Rushmore), and vintage Gary Coleman, Oskar is the kind of precocious, soulful kid-genius who aggressively brightens the day of everyone he stumbles into.
Peggy Hill from King of the Hill: She doesn't know she's a lesbian, but when a lesbian teacher moves into their little Texas town, their affair will be a huge scandal.
This one immediately makes you the king of the hill. Break out the Thor X, put it on "High" and sit back and enjoy the "holly cow" comments.
Shasta High School of Redding, CA and Red River High School of Grand Fork, ND attained second and third place, respectively, in the "King of the Hill" competition.
But while the battle between the king of the hill and the upstart plays out in the market, switching to open-source soft ware would be a huge savings for poor nations that can hardly afford basic services for many of its citizens.
South Park, King of the Hill and more recently The Family Guy, are replacing sitcoms on our tubes.