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• big\ cheese — • big cheese • big gun • big shot • big wheel • big wig noun slang An important person; a leader; a high official; a person of high rank. Bill had been a big shot in high school. John wanted to be the big cheese in his club. Compare: whole cheese …   Словарь американских идиом

• big cheese — UK US noun [C] INFORMAL ► an important person in a company or an organization with a lot of influence: »He left business school and became a big cheese in the City …   Financial and business terms

• big cheese — The big cheese is the boss …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• big cheese — n informal [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: cheese probably from Urdu chiz thing , from Persian] an important and powerful person in an organization used humorously …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• big cheese — noun count INFORMAL an important or powerful person …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• big cheese — ☆ big cheese n. [see CHEESE2] Slang the most important person …   English World dictionary

• big cheese — noun an important influential person he thinks he s a big shot she s a big deal in local politics the Qaeda commander is a very big fish • Syn: ↑big shot, ↑big gun, ↑big wheel, ↑big deal, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• big cheese — or[big gun] or[big shot] or[big wheel] or[big wig] {n.}, {slang} An important person; a leader; a high official; a person of high rank. * /Bill had been a big shot in high school./ * /John wanted to be the big cheese in his club./ Compare: WHOLE… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• big cheese — or[big gun] or[big shot] or[big wheel] or[big wig] {n.}, {slang} An important person; a leader; a high official; a person of high rank. * /Bill had been a big shot in high school./ * /John wanted to be the big cheese in his club./ Compare: WHOLE… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• big cheese — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms big cheese : singular big cheese plural big cheeses informal an important or powerful person …   English dictionary