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big_cheese

big cheese

English

Noun

big cheese ‎(plural big cheeses)

(idiomatic) A very important figure, especially a high-ranking person in an organization.
He'll be meeting with the big cheese first thing tomorrow, to present his proposal.
- 1980, Airplane! (film), Rex Kramer:
  I know. But it's his ship now, his command; he's in charge, he's the boss, the head man, the top dog, the big cheese, the head honcho, number one...

Translations

an important figure

Chinese:
Mandarin: (in any field) 大人物 (zh) ‎(dàrénwù), (political or military VIP) 要人 (zh) ‎(yàorén), (political or military VIP), 權勢之人, 权势之人 ‎(quánshìzhīrén), (colloquial; celebrity) 大腕兒, 大腕儿 ‎(dàwànr), 頭面人物 (zh), 头面人物 (zh) ‎(tóumiànrénwù), 龍頭老大 (zh), 龙头老大 (zh) ‎(lóngtóulǎodà)
Finnish: iso kiho
French: big boss m, grand chef m, grosse légume (fr) f
German: hohes Tier (de) n
Hungarian: nagykutya
Italian: pezzo grosso m (fat fish), capo (it) m

Japanese: 大物 ‎(おおもの, ōmono), 巨擘 ‎(きょはく, kyohaku), 要人 ‎(ようじん, yōjin)
Polish: gruba ryba (pl) f, szycha (pl) f, rekin (pl) m
Portuguese: figurão (pt) m
Russian: больша́я ши́шка f ‎(bolʹšája šíška) (big fir-cone), ва́жная ши́шка f ‎(vážnaja šíška) (important fir-cone), ва́жная пти́ца f ‎(vážnaja ptíca) (important bird), ва́жная персо́на f ‎(vážnaja persóna) (important bird), большо́й нача́льник m ‎(bolʹšój načálʹnik) (big boss), ши́шка (ru) f ‎(šíška)
Sicilian: (big gun) pezza novante
Spanish: pez gordo m (fat fish), cerote gordo m
Tagalog: malaking tao

Synonyms

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