a big cheese/wheel

a big wheel

An 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.See also: big, wheel

a big cheese

mainly 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. See also: 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.See also: big, wheel

a big cheese

an important and influential person. informal Other 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 .See also: big, cheese

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’.See also: big, cheese, wheel

单词	a big cheese/wheel
释义	a big cheese/wheel a big wheel An 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.See also: big, wheel a big cheese mainly 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. See also: 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.See also: big, wheel a big cheese an important and influential person. informal Other 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 .See also: big, cheese 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’.See also: big, cheese, wheel
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