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 answers total)

Infuego
posted by curlyelk at 11:23 AM on April 16, 2008

Simply "on" will do.
posted by resurrexit at 11:24 AM on April 16, 2008

Rollin'
posted by Laugh_track at 11:26 AM on April 16, 2008

curly elk means "en fuego"

and how about "feelin' it" ?
posted by gnutron at 11:27 AM on April 16, 2008

focused
on auto
posted by zeoslap at 11:32 AM on April 16, 2008

on a roll
now he's cooking
fired up
posted by chrisamiller at 11:35 AM on April 16, 2008

"hot hand" (basketball)
posted by peep at 11:39 AM on April 16, 2008

ripping it up
posted by Amby72 at 11:42 AM on April 16, 2008

a man among boys
posted by Amby72 at 11:43 AM on April 16, 2008

Brought his A game
posted by Thorzdad at 11:43 AM on April 16, 2008

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, 2008

unconscious
posted by LionIndex at 11:45 AM on April 16, 2008

- cooking; cooking with gas
- jammin'; rocking and rolling
posted by aught at 11:46 AM on April 16, 2008

and don't forget: boom goes the dynamite
posted by gnutron at 11:46 AM on April 16, 2008 [1 favorite]

You can't stop him, you can only hope to contain him.
posted by sjuhawk31 at 11:47 AM on April 16, 2008

Putting on a clinic
posted by found missing at 11:55 AM on April 16, 2008

"... and the streets will run red with the blood of his detractors."
posted by lpsguy at 12:00 PM on April 16, 2008 [1 favorite]

Mushin
posted by Comrade_robot at 12:07 PM on April 16, 2008

Breaking out the tobasco.
posted by thetenthstory at 12:11 PM on April 16, 2008

dialed in
posted by neilkod at 12:13 PM on April 16, 2008

bringing it
killing it
posted by neilkod at 12:13 PM on April 16, 2008

"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, 2008

Lights out.
posted by Durin's Bane at 12:55 PM on April 16, 2008

Locked in.
posted by letourneau at 2:58 PM on April 16, 2008

Immersed
posted by Gucky at 3:09 PM on April 16, 2008

Boom shaka-laka.

It must be the shoes!
posted by allkindsoftime at 11:17 PM on April 16, 2008

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, 2008