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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
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Boss of all bosses
Bring to a
head
Bury your
head
in the sand
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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
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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 )