| 单词 | big cheese |
| 释义 | big cheese (once / 181836 pages) n The big cheese is the person who holds the most power in any situation. If you overhear someone at work describe you as "the big cheese," it means that he thinks of you as the most important person in the office. You might also call someone important the head honcho or the top dog. The idiomatic phrase big cheese comes from a definition of cheese that comes from Urdu, in which chiz means "a thing." The British colonization of India brought English speakers and Urdu speakers together, and one result was the phrase "the real chiz" to mean "a big thing or event." This evolved over time into big cheese. WORD FAMILYbig cheese: big cheeses USAGE EXAMPLESAnd Seneca, one of the big cheeses of Stoicism, got the point across with this beautiful quote that I love: Time(Sep 27, 2016) Still, employees aren’t relying on tips like some restaurant servers are, so tips are appreciated but not expected, Big Cheese truck owner Patrick Rathbone said. Washington Post(Sep 15, 2016) Food trucks — Captain Cookie and the Milk Man, the Big Cheese and DC Slices, among others — will be parked outside the museum. Washington Post(Jun 30, 2016) n an important influential person Syn|Hypo|Hyper big deal, big enchilada, big fish, big gun, big shot, big wheel, head honcho knocker (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person supremothe most important person in an organization important person, influential person, personage a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events |
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