king of the castle

Meaning: A children'sgamein which one player is located on somethingelevatedand other players attempt to take his or her place.1912,Arthur Quiller-Couch, chapter 2, inHocken and Hunken:[A] throng of children came pouring from school.[…][T]hey were storming the sand-heap, pelting aking of the castle, who pelted back with handfuls.; (idiomatic,by extension,sometimessarcasticorderogatory)A person who assumes a position of greaterimportance,authority, orprominencethan others.1983April 30,Deirdre Bair, "Enmity, Torment, Adversity" (review ofVoices: A Life of Frank O'Connorby James Matthews),New York Times(retrieved 3 Jan 2019):Mr. Matthews, usually nonjudgmental when writing about O'Connor's domestic relations, can't resist calling him "theking of the castle, the smug possessor of a bevy of three fine women absolutely de-voted to him."1995April 30, James Walsh, “Shoko Asahara: The Making of a Messiah”, inTime, retrieved3 January 2019:[A] onetime classmate in Kumamoto said, "I think Matsumoto is trying to create a closed society like the school for the blind he went to. He is trying to create a society separate from ordinary society in which he can becomeking of the castle."1998November 3, Andy Farrell, “Golf: World stage awaits Monty's magic”, inIndependent, UK, retrieved3 January 2019:Darren Clarke's impressive victory on Sunday at Montecastillo in the Volvo Masters, the season's finale, was good enough to leapfrog Lee Westwood into second place on the order of merit, but not to dislodge Monty as theking of the castle.2016June 18, Martin Knelman, “Music: Rufus does Judy and faces himself”, inThe Star, Canada, retrieved3 January 2019:Wainwright, who is composing the music, is partnered with Daniel MacIvor, who is writing the libretto. “Both Daniel and I are used to beingking of the castle,” Rufus confides, “so we need a third party to give us a sense of perspective.”

Examples:

EN: King Charles is king of the castle.
ES: Carlos es rey del castillo.
ES: Carlos es rey del castillo.
EN: - King Charles is king of the castle.
ES: - Carlos es rey del castillo.
ES: - Carlos es rey del castillo.
EN: I'm the king of the castle and you're the dirty rascal
ES: - Soy el rey del castillo. Soy el rey del castillo.
EN: But he was the king of the castle.
ES: Era el rey, y su castillo se destruía a su alrededor.
EN: I'm the king of the castle! You're a dirty rascal!
ES: Soy el rey del castillo, y eres un patillo.
EN: I'm the king of the castle.
ES: Soy el rey del castillo.
EN: Now that Fester's back, he's king of the castle again, isn't he?
ES: Ahora que Lucas regresó, él es el rey del castillo de nuevo, ¿no?
EN: Thinks he should be king of the castle.
ES: Se cree el amo del mundo.
EN: Oh, hello, brain. We're playing king of the castle.
ES: Hola, Cerebro.
EN: I am Sir Brian, king of the castle.
ES: Soy Sir Brian, Rey del Castillo.
EN: I think that he took a trip down memory lane, to a time when he was king of the castle.
ES: Creo que viajó en el tiempo... a un tiempo en el cual era el rey del castillo.
EN: The king of the castle, The king of the castle.
ES: El rey del castillo, El rey del castillo.
ES: El rey del castillo, El rey del castillo.
EN: - I'm king of the castle round here.
ES: - Soy el rey del castillo por aquí.
EN: (KYLIE) I thought you said you were king of the castle.
ES: Pensaba que habías dicho que eras el rey del castillo.
EN: I'm king of the castle.
ES: Soy el rey del castillo.

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