Boss Phrases

Phrases

• A big shot
• A head for business and a body for sin
• A prince among men
• Above my head
• Acid head
• Air head
• All The President's Men (Dustin Hoffman / Robert Redford movie)
• As mad as a bear with a sore head
• Bang your head against a brick wall
• Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer came down upon her head (The Beatles song lyric)
• Be it on your head
• Big Phil (Nickname of football manager Luiz Felipe Scolari)
• Big Sam (Nickname of football manager Sam Allardyce)
• Big white chief
• Bite someone's head off
• Bone head
• Boss about
• Boss eyed
• Boss of all bosses
• Bring to a head
• Bury your head in the sand
• Butt head
• Can't Get You Out of My Head (Kylie Minogue song)
• Can't make head or tail of it
• Captain America (Nickname of footballer Claudio Reyna)
• Captain Bly (Nickname of baseball player Bert Blyleven)
• Captain Bob (Nickname of Robert Maxwell)
• Captain Brassbound's Conversion
• Captain Canada (Nickname of basketball player Steve Nash)
• Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Louis de Bernieres book)
• Captain Crunch (Nickname of basketball player Jalen Rose)
• Captain Funkie Fresh (Nickname of Eddie Winslow (Darius McCrary))
• Captain Hook (Nickname of baseball manager George Anderson)
• Captain Jack (Nickname of basketball player Stephen Jackson)
• Captain Kirk (Nickname of basketball player Kirk Hinrich)
• Captain Marvel (Nickname of footballer Bryan Robson)
• Captain Underpants And The Invasion Of The Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies From Outer Space (Dav Pilkey book)
• Captain Underpants And The Perilous Plot Of Professor Poopypants (Dav Pilkey book)
• Captain Underpants And The Wrath Of The Wicked Wedgie Woman (Dav Pilkey book)
• Captain of industry
• Captain's log... (A catchphrase from Star Trek)
• Carry the ball
• Chain of command
• Chief cook and bottle washer
• Chief of staff
• Cock of the walk
• Come to a head
• Command and control
• Command central
• Company man (a worker especially loyal to the employer he works for)
• Couldn't make head or tail of it
• Dief the Chief (Nickname of John Diefenbaker)
• Digital leader
• Do your head in
• Don't mess with my head
• Don't trouble your pretty little head about it
• Exert one's authority
• Eyes in the back of your head
• Fearless leader
• First among equals (the most senior person in a group of equal rank)
• Fish always rot from the head downwards
• Fountain head
• Full head of hair
• Funny in the head
• Get it into your head
• Get your head around something
• Get your head down
• Get your head together
• Go and boil your head
• Go boil your head
• Go to your head
• Golden Guus (Nickname of football manager Guus Hiddink)
• Good head on his shoulders
• Got your head screwed on
• Hail to the chief
• Hang your head
• Hanging over your head
• Have a Captain Cook (Cockney rhyming slang for look)
• Have your head examined
• He went to bed and bound his head with vinegar and brown paper (line from nursery rhyme)
• Head and shoulders above
• Head banger
• Head case
• Head count
• Head doctor
• Head first
• Head for figures
• Head for heights
• Head for the Border (Taco Bell Restaurants advertising slogan)
• Head for the hills
• Head for the mountains (Busch Beer advertising slogan)
• Head games
• Head honcho
• Head hunting
• Head in the clouds
• Head in the sand
• Head like a sieve
• Head of hair
• Head of steam
• Head of the family
• Head of the household
• Head off
• Head on
• Head on collision
• Head over heels in love
• Head start
• Head them off at the pass
• Head to head
• Head to toe
• Head up
• Head wind
• Heap coals of fire on someone's head
• His word is law
• Hit the nail on the head
• Hold a gun to his head
• Hold up your head
• Hold your head up high
• I could do that standing on my head
• I never knew you had dandruff (Head and Shoulders shampoo advertising slogan)
• I'm Ross, and you're the Boss (Ross Perot slogan)
• If you can keep your head when all about you (from a poem by Kipling)
• In over your head
• Keep a civil tongue in your head
• Keep a cool head
• Keep your head
• Keep your head above water
• Keep your head down
• Knock it on the head
• Knuckle head
• Laugh your head off
• Lead the field
• Leader of the pack
• Level head
• Like a chicken with its head cut off
• Loaf of bread (Cockney rhyming slang for head)
• Lose your head
• Loss leader
• Make your head spin
• Masters of the Universe
• Meat head
• Mister Gorbachev, tear down this wall! (A slogan from President Reagan)
• My head is spinning
• Natural born leader
• Need your head examined
• Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish (Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band song)
• No manager ever got fired for buying IBM (IBM advertising slogan)
• Not right in the head
• Nothing to worry your pretty little head about
• Off the top of my head
• Off with his head
• Off your head
• Old head on young shoulders
• On me head son (Invitation to cross a football so that another player can head it)
• On your own head be it
• Only the best for the Captain's table (Birdseye advertising slogan)
• Out of your head
• Over your head
• Pecker head
• Petrol head
• Pointy head
• Pot head
• Price on his head
• Propeller head
• Puddin' Head (Nickname of Colonel Sherman Potter (Harry Morgan))
• Puddin' Head (Nickname of Willie Jones)
• Pull your head in
• Put a gun to your head
• Put your head above the parapet
• Put your head into the lion's mouth
• Put your head on the block
• Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head (Burt Bacharach song)
• Rule the roost
• Sleepy head
• Snap someone's head off
• Soft in the head
• Sorry about that, Chief. (A catchphrase from Get Smart)
• Stand it on its head
• Strong in the arm and thick in the head
• Take charge
• Take it into your head
• Take me to your leader
• Talk over your head
• Talking head
• Teflon president
• The Boss (Nickname of Bruce Springsteen)
• The Captain (Nickname of Kareem Abdul Jabbar)
• The Chairman of The Board (Nickname of Frank Sinatra)
• The Chief (Nickname of Robert Parish)
• The Head Ball Coach (Nickname of Steve Spurrier)
• The Peerless Leader (Nickname of Frank Chance)
• The President (Nickname of Reggie Bush)
• The Special One (Nickname of football manager Jose Mourinho)
• The leader of the free world
• The next president of the United States
• Throw a beanball (A baseball expression meaning to attack an opponent by aiming at their head)
• Towel head (derogatory slang term referring to an Arab man)
• Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown
• Upon your head be it
• Wet the baby's head
• Win by a head
• World leader
• Yorkshire born in Yorkshire bred, strong in the arm and weak in the head
• You would forget your head if it weren't screwed on
• You're the boss (Burger King advertising slogan)
• Your fragrance Your rules (Hugo Boss Deep Red advertising slogan)