big cheese

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From big + cheese (“wealth, fame, importance”). Earliest use to mean importance from 1910.

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 大人物 (dàrénwù) — very important figure
• Chinese Mandarin: 要人 (yàorén) — very important figure
• Chinese Mandarin: 權勢之人 /权势之人 (quánshìzhīrén) — very important figure
• Chinese Mandarin: 大腕兒 /大腕儿 (dàwànr) — very important figure
• Chinese Mandarin: 頭面人物 /头面人物 (tóumiànrénwù) — very important figure
• Chinese Mandarin: 龍頭老大 /龙头老大 (lóngtóulǎodà) — very important figure
• Czech: velké zvíře — very important figure
• Czech: borec — very important figure
• Czech: frajer — very important figure
• Czech: frajer — very important figure
• Czech: machr — very important figure
• Czech: bourák — very important figure
• Czech: hlavoun — very important figure
• Dutch: bobo — very important figure
• Dutch: hoge piet — very important figure
• Dutch: bovenbaas — very important figure
• Finnish: iso kiho — very important figure
• French: big boss — very important figure
• French: grand chef — very important figure
• French: grosse légume — very important figure
• French: gros bonnet — very important figure
• French: huile — very important figure
• French: bonze — very important figure
• German: hohes Tier — very important figure
• German: Bonze — very important figure
• German: dicker Fisch — very important figure
• Hungarian: nagykutya — very important figure
• Hungarian: főmufti — very important figure
• Hungarian: fejes — very important figure
• Irish: boc mór — very important figure
• Italian: pezzo grosso — very important figure
• Italian: capo — very important figure
• Italian: pezzo da novanta — very important figure
• Italian: pezzonovante — very important figure
• Italian: VIP — very important figure
• Italian: papavero — very important figure
• Italian: big — very important figure
• Italian: notabile — very important figure
• Italian: capoccia — very important figure
• Italian: barbassoro — very important figure
• Japanese: 大物 (ōmono) — very important figure
• Japanese: 巨擘 (kyohaku) — very important figure
• Japanese: 要人 (yōjin) — very important figure
• Luxembourgish: déckt Déier — very important figure
• Polish: gruba ryba — very important figure
• Polish: szycha — very important figure
• Polish: rekin — very important figure
• Portuguese: figurão — very important figure
• Portuguese: bambambã — very important figure
• Russian: больша́я ши́шка (bolʹšája šíška) — very important figure
• Russian: ва́жная ши́шка (vážnaja šíška) — very important figure
• Russian: ва́жная пти́ца (vážnaja ptíca) — very important figure
• Russian: ва́жная персо́на (vážnaja persóna) — very important figure
• Russian: большо́й нача́льник (bolʹšój načálʹnik) — very important figure
• Russian: ши́шка (šíška) — very important figure
• Sicilian: pezza novante — very important figure
• Spanish: pez gordo — very important figure
• Spanish: cerote gordo — very important figure
• Spanish: gerifalte — very important figure
• Spanish: última chupada del mango — very important figure
• Spanish: alto cargo — very important figure
• Swedish: höjdare — very important figure
• Swedish: pamp — very important figure
• Tagalog: malaking tao — very important figure
• Ukrainian: цабе́ (cabé) — very important figure
• Ukrainian: ця́ця (cjácja) — very important figure
• Ukrainian: вели́ка ця́ця (velýka cjácja) — very important figure
• Ukrainian: важли́вий птах (važlývyj ptax) — very important figure
• Ukrainian: ва́жний птах (vážnyj ptax) — very important figure
• Ukrainian: важли́ва пти́ця (važlýva ptýcja) — very important figure
• Ukrainian: ва́жна пти́ця (vážna ptýcja) — very important figure
• Ukrainian: ши́шка (šýška) — very important figure
• Welsh: pwysigyn — very important figure