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Idiom a big fish informal an important or powerful person in a group or organization.Mrs Coughlin is one of the directors - a big fish.
a big fishAn important, successful, or influential person. Meeting a big fish like the company's CEO can be quite an intimidating experience for an intern. I'd rather be a big fish in a small pond than move to New York City and be a nobody! a big fish COMMON If you call someone a big fish, you mean that they are important or powerful. The four who were arrested here last September were described as really big fish by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. a big ˈfish (in a little/small pond) an important person but only in a small community, group, etc: I would rather stay here in the village and be a big fish in a little pond than go to the city where no one knows me.big fish n. the boss; the leader. (Underworld.) We took in the little guys, but the big fish got away. |