| 词汇 | a big cheese |
| 释义 | Idiom a big cheese humorous an important or powerful person in a group or organization.Apparently her father is a big cheese in one of the major banks. big cheeseAn important, successful, or influential person. Jacob thinks he's a big cheese now that he's been promoted to assistant manager. I'm the big cheese around here, so you have to do what I say. a big cheesemainly BRITISH, INFORMALIf you describe someone as a big cheese, you mean that they have an important and powerful position in an organization. Maire is undoubtedly the big cheese of the Jura wine producers. Several big cheeses from the State Department attended the conference. Note: Big cheese can also be used before a noun. He was a big-cheese divorce lawyer. Note: The word `cheese' in this expression may be a corruption or misunderstanding of the Urdu word `chiz' or `cheez', meaning `thing'. This started being used in English in about 1840 because of the British presence in India. Later the word came to refer to a person or boss. a big cheesean important and influential person. informalOther versions of this phrase substitute fish , gun , noise , shot , or wheel for cheese . These are mainly self-explanatory, with the exception of cheese itself, which is of doubtful origin but may be from Persian and Urdu chiz meaning ‘thing’. As a phrase, big cheese seems to have originated in early 20th-century US slang, as did big noise. Big wheel in this metaphorical sense (as opposed to the fairground ride known as a Ferris wheel) and big shot are similarly US in origin (mid 20th century). Big fish may have connotations either of something it is desirable for you to catch or of the metaphorical expression a big fish in a small pond . a ˌbig ˈcheese/ˈwheel(informal) an important person with a lot of influence in an organization, etc: His father’s a big wheel in the textile industry.In this sense, ‘cheese’ comes from the Urdu word chiz, meaning ‘thing’. |
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