numero uno
/ˌnjuːmərəʊ ˈuːnəʊ
/noun (plural numero unos) informal
The best or most important person or thing.During Congress rule, India left the US way behind in milk production, while beating Brazil in fruit production, and was neck-to-neck with China, the numero uno, in vegetable production....
- There are too many award schemes in Galway as elsewhere but this - the oldest one - run by journalists from the Connacht Tribute, the Tuam Herald and Raidio na Gaeltachta is the numero uno.
- So Giorgio Armani called in his favourite architect from Japan, and now the numero uno of Italian style has a fortress for his billion dollar fashion empire.
Origin
Italian, literally 'number one'.
- kickshaw
- kick (some) ass (or butt)
- kick someone around
- kick someone in the pants (or up the backside)
- kick someone in the teeth
- kick someone out
- kick someone's ass (or butt)
- kick someone/thing to the curb
- kick someone upstairs
- kick someone when they are down
- kick something around (or about)
- kick something in
- kick something into touch (or into the long grass)
- kick something off
- kicksorter
- kickstand
- kick-start
- kick-starter
- kick the bucket
- kick the can down the road
- kick the shit out of
- kick the tin
- kick-to-kick
- kick-turn
- kick up