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big fish

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noun

(informal)
  1. an important or powerful person

  2. See a big fish in a small pond

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= powerful person, authority, leader, important person, supreme person, influential person

Translations for 'big fish'

  • British English: big fish If you describe someone as a big fish, you believe that they are powerful or important in some way. NOUNThe four men arrested were described by the police as really big fish.
  • Brazilian Portuguese: peixe grande
  • Chinese: 大人物
  • European Spanish: pez gordo
  • French: huile
  • German: großer Fisch
  • Italian: pesce grosso
  • Japanese: 大物
  • Korean: 거물
  • Portuguese: peixe grande
  • Spanish: pez gordo

Example Sentences Including 'big fish'

* * * They were emptying their net, dragging fish up the beach by the gills, big fish , their tails trailing in the sand.
Mark Mills AMAGANSETT (2004)
And Spring is also sometimes a big fish lake since the aerator was installed.
Edmonton Sun (2003)
But Real president Florentino Perez is still out to hook a big fish.
Sun, News of the World (2004)
Often they find just a putrefying dog, cat or big fish that was swept onto the land.
Samachar (2005)
One of their number with a huge smile on his face, held up a big fish.
Yachting Boating World (2005)
Sir Peter is on the board of the Royal Opera House, where the big fish from the talent pool are often to be found.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)
The big fish in his net seemed like another triumph over the Road Time Trials Council.
Tim Hilton ONE MORE KILOMETRE AND WE'RE IN THE SHOWERS (2004)
Though, to be fair, Amanda these days is a big fish wherever she swims.
Barnard, Robert Death in Purple Prose
`And Amanda always did like being a big fish in a small pond.
Barnard, Robert Death in Purple Prose

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