be the daddy of them all
To be the biggest, oldest, most impressive, or most respected of a certain kind of person or thing. I own a lot of vintage cars, but my 1926 Bentley is the daddy of them all. You claim to like classic rock, but you've never heard the album Led Zeppelin IV? Come on, that's, like, the daddy of them all! There are so many competitors in the PC market now, but the leader of the pack, Spikerosoft, is the daddy of them all.
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