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big cheese

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Etymology

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Frombig +cheese(“wealth, fame, importance”). Earliest use to mean importance from 1910.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bigcheese (pluralbig cheeses)

  1. (idiomatic, dated) A veryimportant figure, especially ahigh-ranking person in anorganization.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:important person
    He’ll be meeting with thebig cheese first thing tomorrow, to present his proposal.
    • 1980,Jim Abrahams,David Zucker,Jerry Zucker,Airplane!, spoken by Rex Kramer (Robert Stack):
      I know. But it's his ship now, his command; he's in charge, he's the boss, the head man, the top dog, thebig cheese, the head honcho, number one...
    • 1995, “Where The Money Goes”, in Rich Mendoza (music),Money Rock‎[1], performed by Schoolhouse Rock!/Jack Sheldon:
      If not for all these bills and taxes, our income would more than suffice. I feel like a realbig cheese, until everybody takes a slice!

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Translations

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very important figure

References

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  1. ^Gary Martin (1997–), “Big cheese”, inThe Phrase Finder.
  2. ^O. Henry (1910),Unprofessional Servant: “Del had crawled from some Tenth Avenue basement like a lean rat and had bitten his way into theBig Cheese... He had danced his way into fame in sixteen minutes.”
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