Synonyms
big cheese: big shot · big gun · big wheel
big: boastfully · vauntingly · large
more (20)English-French translation for "big cheese"
"big cheese" French translation
big cheese {noun}
big cheese {noun} [slg.] [idiom]
big {adjective}
It was also a big surprise that some 250,000 refugees are still within Kosovo.
Without the input from women, the idea of the big European family is meaningless.
The Prime Minister is quoted as saying, "We do not want to have a big fight there.
The United Nations is like one big family comprising the international community.
If we go north-east-north riding a good tide... we should find a big island.
I also want to talk about the other big employment insurance problem we have today.
Is the big ministerial ‘ jamboree’ the best way to continue the negotiations?
Each Member State, big and small, had its own priorities, its own objectives.
The big achievement in all this was the convening of the Emergency Loya Jirga.
Michael Baker was a gentle giant of a man with a big heart and an even bigger brain.
If big nets, big draggers or trawlers are used, it is well known what will happen.
Mr. Mulroney said last night that he wanted a big Canada, not a small Canada.
This directive provides us with an additional opportunity to seize the big players.
The creation of a big budget acquaculture commission in Ottawa is not the answer.
The big problem in this case is that we think too much about the internal market.
Synonyms
Synonyms (English) for "big cheese":
© Princeton Universitybig shot · big gun · big wheel · big deal · big enchilada · big fish · head honcho
Synonyms (English) for "big":
© Princeton Universityboastfully · vauntingly · large · prominent · bighearted · bounteous · bountiful · freehanded · handsome · giving · liberal · openhanded · magnanimous · adult · full-grown · fully grown · grown · grownup · bad · swelled
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