| 释义 |
Idiom a big wheel American & Australian, informal an important or powerful person in a group or organization.Mr Madison is a big shot in the world of finance.
a big wheelAn important, successful, or influential person. After Mark successfully persuaded both sides to pass the budget, people considered him to be quite a big wheel in the political arena. big wheelsee under big cheese. a big wheel A big wheel in an organization or society is someone who has an important and powerful position in it. He's a big wheel in the Department of Science now. They flew Gene to New York, where Jack's uncle was a big wheel at Memorial Hospital. 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’.big wheel n. a very important person. Some big wheel wrote the order. Don’t blame me. |