Other terms for "in the zone"

April 16, 2008 11:21 AM

What are some other terms for "in the zone" or "on fire" or "in the groove" (flow) in sports?
posted by arrhn to writing & language (27 comments total)

Infuego
posted by curlyelk at 11:23 AM on April 16

Simply "on" will do.
posted by resurrexit at 11:24 AM on April 16

Rollin'
posted by Laugh_track at 11:26 AM on April 16

curly elk means "en fuego"

and how about "feelin' it" ?
posted by gnutron at 11:27 AM on April 16

focused
on auto
posted by zeoslap at 11:32 AM on April 16

on a roll
now he's cooking
fired up
posted by chrisamiller at 11:35 AM on April 16

"hot hand" (basketball)
posted by peep at 11:39 AM on April 16

ripping it up
posted by Amby72 at 11:42 AM on April 16

a man among boys
posted by Amby72 at 11:43 AM on April 16

Brought his A game
posted by Thorzdad at 11:43 AM on April 16

As cool as the other side of the pillow.

Feelin' it.

Any other number of overdone Sportscenter cliches.
posted by sjuhawk31 at 11:44 AM on April 16

unconscious
posted by LionIndex at 11:45 AM on April 16

- cooking; cooking with gas
- jammin'; rocking and rolling
posted by aught at 11:46 AM on April 16

and don't forget: boom goes the dynamite
posted by gnutron at 11:46 AM on April 16 [1 favorite]

You can't stop him, you can only hope to contain him.
posted by sjuhawk31 at 11:47 AM on April 16

Putting on a clinic
posted by found missing at 11:55 AM on April 16

"... and the streets will run red with the blood of his detractors."
posted by lpsguy at 12:00 PM on April 16 [1 favorite]

Mushin
posted by Comrade_robot at 12:07 PM on April 16

Breaking out the tobasco.
posted by thetenthstory at 12:11 PM on April 16

dialed in
posted by neilkod at 12:13 PM on April 16

bringing it
killing it
posted by neilkod at 12:13 PM on April 16

"on the jazz"

As in, "There's no stopping Hannibal now, he's on the jazz."

Alternatively,

"driving your enemies before you and hearing the lamentation of their women"
posted by stenseng at 12:15 PM on April 16

Lights out.
posted by Durin's Bane at 12:55 PM on April 16

Locked in.
posted by letourneau at 2:58 PM on April 16

Immersed
posted by Gucky at 3:09 PM on April 16

Boom shaka-laka.

It must be the shoes!
posted by allkindsoftime at 11:17 PM on April 16

Also, don't forget...

He gets happy-go-jacky on the big white guy like a donkey eating a waffle.
posted by allkindsoftime at 11:27 PM on April 16