big_fish (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *big fish*:
NOUN	person	big fish, big shot, big gun, big wheel, big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, head honcho	an important influential person

English > *big fish*: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning	An important influential person.
Example	"the Qaeda commander is a very big fish"
Synonyms	big shot, big gun, big wheel, big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, head honcho
Narrower	knocker	(Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way
Narrower	supremo	The most important person in an organization
Broader	important person, influential person, personage	A person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events
Usage of	colloquialism	A colloquial expression
Spanish	pez gordo

HyperDic: big_fish