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big fish

n Informal

1. an important or powerful person

a big fish in a small pond the most important or powerful person in a small group

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Noun

1.

big fish - an important influential person; "he thinks he's a big shot"; "she's a big deal in local politics"; "the Qaeda commander is a very big fish" big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big gun, big shot, big wheel, head honcho colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech important person, influential person, personage - a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events knocker - (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person supremo - the most important person in an organization

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big fish

noun powerful person, authority, leader, important person, supreme person, influential person a big fish in the murky pool of high finance