God Save the Queen: Compilation of Royal English Idioms

Royal-associated Idioms

1.  To get the Royal Treatment: to receive extravagant treatment and/or elaborate attention and care

2.  To give someone the Royal Treatment: to treat someone or something extravagantly, to give someone or something elaborate attention and care

3.  a. a Battle Royal: a fight in which more than two participants are involved and the last person to survive is declared the winner.
3.  b.a heated argument.

3 . c. a classic, hard-fought battle or argument.

4.  A Royal Pain: a great annoyance, something or someone irritating.

5.  There is no Royal Road to learning (Proverb): Learning requires work.
6. Right Royal: very fine, enjoyable, excellent; absolute, utter extreme -primarily heard in the UK.

E.g.: I can't wait for Friday-we're going to have a right royal night out on the town!

E.g.: It meant a lot me that my parents put out such a right royal welcome for me when I came home from university.

7. The Royal Road: a way or a method that presents no difficulties.

8. Royal Bumps: (idiomatic, colloquial): a ritual of two or more persons holding another person by the arms and legs, face up, while bumping them repeatedly on the floor. In modern times, it is a lighthearted affair generally performed only on a young person's birthday with the number of bumps corresponding to the person's age in years. 
Historically, it was a hazing.

Kingdom-Associated Idioms

1. The Keys to the Kingdom: a resource that will give the possessor access to the most complete or profound knowledge or power possible in a given area or pursuit. A reference to Matthew 16:19 when Jesus said to Peter:

E.g. I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth, will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth, will be loosed in heaven.

2. Until Kingdom come: for a very long, indefinite amount of time; forever.
E.g. Although we don't have to pay for medical care in this country, you'll sometimes be waiting until kingdom come to receive elective treatment.

E.g. My wife and her sister will talk on the phone until kingdom come if nothing interrupts them!3.My kingdom for a horse: I would give all that I have for the thing I currently lack. The phrase comes from Shakespeare's Richard III, when the title character bemoans his lack of a horse in the midst of a losing battle.

E.g. I'm so thirsty-ugh, my kingdom for a horse!

4.Blow/blast someone/ something to kingdom come:
(slang): to kill someone with gunfire or an explosion, "kingdom come" refers to heaven or the afterlife.

(Slang): to destroy something by means of an explosion.

E.g. If we blow these rocks to kingdom come, we should be able to rescue the trapped hikers from the cave.

King-associated Idioms

1. Drag king: a woman who wears the clothing and assumes the demeanor of a male, especially as part of an exaggerated performance piece.

E.g. The mother of the two performs with a drag king troupe on the weekends, much to the bemusement of some of her more conservative friends.

2. King of (the) beasts: the lion, especially in cultural or artistic depictions.

E.g. Engraved in striking marble, the king of beasts stands sentinel over this ancient arena.

The king of the beasts is the symbol for the zodiac sign Leo.

3. King of the Jungle: the lion, especially in cultural or artistic depictions (usually a misnomer, as lions typically inhabit deserts or dry forests, as opposed to jungles).

4. King of the Hill: the most powerful, successful, or authoritative person in a group or organization.

E.g. After years of slowly moving up the ranks, Joe finally became king of the hill in his office.

5. A cat may look at the King: everyone has rights, regardless of status, especially to do things that are of no consequence to others.

E.g. You can't keep us out of the student council office, just because we're underclassmen! A cat may look at a king after all!

6. King's ransom: a very large sum of money, a great deal of money: usually collocates with: cost/pay/spend...
E.g. I’ve always wanted a vacation to Hawaii, but the plane tickets cost a king's ransom.

7. The King’s English: The standard form of English, as spoken by educated people in England.
E.g. As a professor, you really should speak the King's English.

8. Cash is king: a catchphrase for financial advice that cautions against investing when prices on the stock market are too high, and instead recommends keeping one's money in cash. Primarily hard in the US.

(prov.) It is best to keep one's investment money in cash. Said when the prices in the securities market are too high. It is better to build up cash and wait for a break in the market.

E.g. My stockbroker told me that cash is king right now, so I wouldn't invest if I were you.

9. Fit for a king: and fit for the gods, (fig): very nice, luxurious
E.g.: What a delicious meal. It was fit for a king.

10. In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king (proverb): a person who is not particularly capable can attain a powerful position if the people around him/her are even less capable.

E.g.: Jill: How on earth did Joe get promoted to be head of his department? He's such a blunderer!

Jane: In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king!

11. Kings have long arms/ Governments have long arms (proverb): those who are in power can always catch and punish people who have opposed them, no matter how far away those opponents may go.

E.g.: After his attempt to assassinate the king, the prince sailed to a distant country, although his wife warned him it would be of no avail. "Kings have long arms" she reminded him.

12. Sport of kings: horse racing.

E.g.:The sport of kings has sure impoverished a lot of commoners.

13. King of the castle (British), King of the Hill (American): the most successful or most powerful person in a group of people.

E.g. Jamie Spencer was king of the castle yesterday when he beat the defending champion in the third round. Our team is sure to be king of the hill this year.

14. Turn king’s / queen's evidence / Turn state's evidence: if someone who has been accused of a crime turns king's evidence, they give information in a court of law about other people involved in a crime in order to have their own punishment reduced.

E.g.: She was given a lenient sentence in exchange for turning king's evidence.

15. Live like a king: enjoy a lavish style of living. This expression continues to be used despite the much smaller role royalty plays in present day.

E.g. : He spared no expense, preferred to live like a king ,as long as he could, or since they got their inheritance, the Andersons are living like princes.

16. King Grod (Grad) (California): a very repellent male, gross.

17 King Kong pills/ King Kong specials, Gorilla biscuits: barbiturates

18. One of his majesty's bad bargains: (obsolete, slang, idiomatic) : an incapable (sick) or incompetent soldier.

Prince-associated Idioms

1.Price Charming: a prince charming is the perfect man in a woman's life; a suitor who fulfills the dreams of his beloved.

2.Prince Albert:  Cannabis in general, especially marijuana sold or transported in a Prince Albert pipe tobacco can. The Idiom dates back to the 1960s but is still heard.

3.Prince Albert Coat: a long double- breasted frock coat for men.

4. Hamlet without the Prince: a performance or event taking place without the principal actor. 

Queen-associated Idioms

1. Queensberry Rules:  Standard rules of polite or acceptable behaviour code of conduct; moral decorum; gentlemanly conduct, especially in a dispute.
E.g : It was ensured by the police that both the parties adhered to the Queensberry rules during their hearing session in the High Court.

2. Beauty Queen: a woman who has won or looks as if she could win, a beauty pageant. 
E.g: When that beauty queen walked in, everybody's head turned.

3. Bean Queen: (Homosexual Slang):  a Hispanic or Mexican homosexual male.
A non-Hispanic homosexual male who is primarily attracted to Hispanic men.
E.g I like hanging out with fellow bean queens.

4. Bio Queen: a performance artist whose sex is biologically female but who performs in the exaggerated style and dress of a male drag queen. Also known as Faux Queen.
E.g .To be honest, that bio queen's performance was so good I couldn't tell her apart from the drag queens.

5. Drag Queen: a man who wears the clothing and assumes the demeanor of a woman, often as part of an exaggerated performance piece. 

6. Drama Queen: a person (usually a woman, though not always), who is given to exaggerated, disproportionate emotional reactions to relatively minor events or situations.
E.g: Since I was a kid, my mother tended to be a bit of a drama queen about anything in my life.

7. Hangar Queen: an aircraft that spends more time being serviced or requiring maintenance than it does flying.
An airplane that is permanently grounded so that its parts may be used to repair other aircraft.
E.g The new stealth jet was a promising addition to the Air Force's Fleet, but due to its frequent breakdowns, it was proved to be more of a hangar queen than a useful plane. 

8. Ice Queen: (pejorative term): a coolly- composed, unemotional woman; a woman without affection or warmth of feeling. 
E.g Many see the Prime Minister as some kind of Ice Queen, but I think she's just being as tough as she needs to be.

9.Queen Bee: a woman who has authority or is in a dominant or  favored position over her peers. The idiom is an allusion to the (typically) lone egg-laying female of the bee colony.
E.g You'll have to ask the queen bee before you put through any orders on the company card.

10. Queen Anne is dead : a sarcastic phrase said in response to outdated news.

11.Queen's weather: good weather, especially on a day that an outdoor event is scheduled to happen. The phrase originally referred to Queen Victoria, who tended to have favourable weather conditions during her public appearances. 
E.g With how much it's rained this month, we were so lucky to have Queen's weather on our wedding weekend. 

12. (The) Queen's English: "Official" British English. E.g : He can't even speak the Queen's English! Despicable!

13. Queen it: to act like a queen; domineer. This female counterpart of Lord it Over  was used by Shakespeare int he "Winter's Tale".
E.g: She queened it over the family, treating her siblings like servants.

14. Turn Queen's/ King's evidence, Turn state's evidence: if someone who has been accused of a crime turns king's evidence, they give information in the court of law about other people involved in the crime in order to have their punishment reduced. 
E.g: She was given a lenient sentence in exchange for turning King's evidence.

15. Queen of Beasts: the lioness

16 Speed Queen (idiomatic, slang): the feminine form of speed freak; a drug addict that abuses stimulants/ uppers in particular

17.Queen of Hearts:  a woman who is pre-eminent in her area is a Queen of hearts.