| 单词 | top banana |
| 释义 | top banana (once / 268621 pages) n The top banana is the most powerful or important person around. If you are promoted to top banana at work, it means you are the boss. Besides top banana, there are a lot of other figurative ways to describe the number one person in a group, including top dog, big cheese, and and head honcho. Top banana has the distinction of having started in burlesque theater, though experts disagree about who used the term first. Some performers used bananas in their acts, and others used either top banana or first banana to refer to the headliner, the star of the show. WORD FAMILYtop banana USAGE EXAMPLESOver time, he climbed to the top of the bill as the featured “first comic” or, as it was sometimes called, top banana. Washington Post(May 31, 2016) He returned to Broadway in 1952, replacing Phil Silvers as the lead in “Top Banana,” the Johnny Mercer musical about a beleaguered television comedian. New York Times(Jun 29, 2015) But when it comes to money the Big 10 will remain the top banana in college sports. Forbes(Apr 05, 2015) 1n the most important person in a group or undertaking Syn|Hyper bigwig, kingpin important person, influential person, personage a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events 2n the leading comedian in a burlesque show Hyper comedian, comic a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts |
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