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big fish

大鱼,大鲨鱼,大块头鱼,大块头

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    informal

    • : 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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Examples

  • In that photo, Merabet has a big smile that spreads across his whole face and lights up his eyes.

  • When Chérif got out of prison, he worked at the fish counter of a supermarket.

  • The Big Five banks dubbed too big to fail, are 35 percent bigger than they were when the meltdown was triggered.

  • Their three-day scientific outing was paid for by Epstein and was big success.

  • I really wanted Trenchmouth to succeed and at the time wished we were as big as Green Day.

  • The big room at King's Warren Parsonage was already fairly well filled.

  • Sol laughed out of his whiskers, with a big, loose-rolling sound, and sat on the porch without waiting to be asked.

  • There were at least a dozen ladies seated round the big table at the Parsonage.

  • I pictured him as slim and young looking, smooth-faced, with golden curly hair, and big brown eyes.

  • Big Reginald took their lives at pool, and pocketed their half-crowns in an easy genial way, which almost made losing a pleasure.