| 单词 | big enchilada |
| 释义 | big enchilada (once / 1181932 pages) n Big enchilada is a slang phrase that means "the man or woman in charge." At a high school, the principal is usually the big enchilada. Use the term big enchilada when you need an extremely casual way to refer to your boss, or to someone who is otherwise the top dog or head honcho. Most word experts think that big enchilada, which was first used in the 1970's, was a spin-off of the earlier idiom big cheese, also a slang term for a boss or leader. WORD FAMILYbig enchilada USAGE EXAMPLESThe big enchilada: Get in a fight with China, and lose Boeing’s vital Chinese business. Seattle Times(Nov 09, 2016) Greater Stockholm has 10 royal palaces, but this one is the big enchilada—the official residence of King Carl XVI Gustaf. Wall Street Journal(Jun 02, 2016) “California is the big enchilada, so to speak,” Sanders said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday. Los Angeles Times(May 31, 2016) n an important influential person Syn|Hypo|Hyper big cheese, big deal, 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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