king of the hill | Idiomator

Meaning: (uncountable)A children'sgamein which one player stands on top of a hill or other location atop an incline, and attempts torepelother players whose goal is to capture his position.Synonym:king of the castleHe twisted his ankle while playingking of the hilland was not allowed to play again.; (countable)The player in this game who stands atop the hill.; (idiomatic,by extension)A person who has achieved a measure ofsuccessand is considered to be aleaderin his field.Synonyms:seeThesaurus:important personHe was considered a renegade in journalism until he won the Pulitzer Prize, but now he is theking of the hill.

Examples:

EN: I beat the king of the hill, fats brown!
ES: He vencido al mejor, a Gordo Brown.
EN: Look, Otomo This is your chance to become king of the hill
ES: Mira, Otomo. Ésta es tu oportunidad de convertirte en el rey de la colina.
EN: The name of the game today is king of the hill.
ES: El juego de hoy se llama "El rey de la colina".
EN: The king of the hill, and the rising star.
ES: El rey de la colina y la estrella en ascenso.
EN: To find I'm king of the hill
ES: Para descubrir que soy el rey de la montaña
ES: Para descubrir que soy el rey de la montaña
EN: - See, the king of the hill can only go down.
ES: - El que ya es campeón no puede subir más.
EN: - The king of the hill can only go down.
ES: - No puede subir más. - Pero puede quedarse arriba.
EN: I come home see him in here eating my food sitting in my chair, acting like the king of the hill around here.
ES: Llego a casa para verle aquí comiendo mi comida, sentado en mi silla, actuando como si fuese el rey por aquí.
EN: You're just upset because you're not king of the hill.
ES: Estás a molesto porque no eres el rey de la colina.
EN: A- number-one, king of the hill, master of your destiny-
ES: El número uno, el amo de tu destino...
EN: You look like the king of the hill around here.
ES: Es que tú pareces ser el rey de este lugar.
EN: The best years of your life were high school, when you were the king of the hill and Darian was your girlfriend.
ES: ¿Qué le voy a hacer yo? Si pasaste los días más felices de tu vida en el instituto? Cuando eras el rey de la montaña, el gran ligón, y Darian tu novia.
EN: He was the king of the hill, and now he's on his way out.
ES: Fue el rey y ahora ya va de salida.
EN: "This is king of the hill".
ES: Éste es el rey de la colina.
EN: He wouldn't spout cryptic desires to be king of the hill to police.
ES: Él no diría sin más, sus enigmáticos deseos como Rey de la Colina. ¿Y a una policía?

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