the daddy of them all
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the daddy of them all
The biggest, oldest, most impressive, or most respected person or thing of a certain kind. I own a lot of vintage cars, but my 1926 Bentley is the daddy of them all.
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daddy of them all
and granddaddy of them allFig. the biggest or oldest of all; the patriarch. This old fish is the granddaddy of them all. This tree is the daddy of them all. It's been here since the place was built.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
daddy of them all
verbMcGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.