a big cheese

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a big cheese (humorous)

an important or powerful person in a group or organization Apparently her father is a big cheese in one of the major banks.

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Around 70,000 visitors from all over the country shrugged off the rain and came flocking to the town for the popular festival, which kicked off on Friday evening with a Big Cheese Race around the 13th Century castle and a firework display. Double the fun by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) For Shell, who cooked and mowed the lawn in the nude in last year's Big Brother, stripping to make herself a big cheese was easy. CRACKER AND CHEESE by The Mirror (London, England) The Green Bay Packers' big cheese is getting a big cheese. A SIDEWAYS GLANCE : A CHEESY PRESENTATION by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)			a bag of bones a baker's dozen a balancing act a ball and chain a ball-breaker a ballpark estimate a balls-up a banana republic a banana skin a Band-Aid a bang up job a baptism by fire a bargaining chip a basket case a battle of nerves a battle of wills a battle of wits a battle royal a bean counter a bear hug a beast of burden a bed of roses a belly laugh a Bible-basher a big ask a big cheese a big deal a big fish a big fish in a small pond a big girl's blouse a big gun a big mouth a big shot a big-head a billet-doux a bird in the hand a bird's eye view a bird-brain a bit much a bit of all right a bit of fluff a bit of how's your father a bit of rough a bit on the side a bite of the cherry a bite to eat a bitter pill a black day a black mark a blank cheque a blast from the past			a bed of roses A Bee Friendly Company a bee in (one's) bonnet a bee in (one's) bonnet a bee in (one's) bonnet a bee in (one's) bonnet A Behavior Language a belly laugh A Benihana Christmas A Best Friend Always A Better Bounce Card A Better Chance A Better Choice Disc Jockey A Better Complete Development Engineering Firm A Better Learning Experience Co. A Better Living Environment A Better Quality A Better Solution A Better Solution Inc A Better Way A Better Way Foundation A bevel angle A Bi-Cycling Dandy Excuse for Getting Hibernated in January a Bible-basher a Bible-thumper a big ask a big break a big cheese a big deal A Big Fat Lady a big fish a big fish in a small pond a big girl's blouse a big gun a big mouth a big noise a big shot a big wheel a big-head A bill of adventure a billet-doux A Biomedical Named Entity Recognizer a bird in the hand A Bird in the Hand Is Worth Two in the Bush a bird's eye view a bird-brain a bit a bit a bit a bit a bit a bit much a bit of a a bit of a a bit of a a bit of a a bit of a A Bit Of A Ladies Man

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