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单词 big enchilada
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big enchilada

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noun Slang.

someone regarded as the most important, influential, or dominant person in an organization: The police are hoping to catch the syndicate's big enchilada in the next raid.
Sometimes top enchilada .

Origin of big enchilada

First recorded in 1970–75; on the pattern of such expressions as big cheese, big wheel, etc.

Words nearby big enchilada

Big Dipper, bigeminal, bigeminal pulse, bigeminal rhythm, bigeminy, big enchilada, big end, bigender, bigener, bigeneric, bigeye
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Idioms and Phrases with big enchilada

big enchilada

see under big cheese.

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