big cheese

These user-created lists contain the word ‘big cheese’.

• POL - people in power

  daredevil, tzar, king, boss, master, commander, chief, kingpin, top banana, bigwig, big cheese, big wheel and 452 more...

• EN - cool expressions

  Trendy, funny or highly descriptive collocations

  overstep the mark, open a big can of..., bad hair day, the icing on the ..., low-hanging fruit, ripple effect, big cheese, tackle an issue h..., root-and-branch r..., throw good money ..., open Pandora's box, place on the back... and 147 more...

• phraseologue ⊃ the one-two punch

  short (mostly two-word) collocations, pat phrases, idioms &c. that I like

  merry chase, glancing blow, beast mode, feedback loop, false flag, dear god, nothing human, deflector shield, hatchet job, not cricket, bang on, a tinker's damn and 253 more...

• EN-HU - fun and challenge to translate

  Highly descriptive coinages (either in EN or HU) which are difficult to translate between the two languages. If - as a simultaneous interpreter - you get them right on the move, you deserve to be p...

  backpfeifengesicht, a wise head on yo..., bad hair day, big cheese, blame shift, cherry picking, intellectual heav..., lack nunchi, schlimazl, cash cow, cherry boy, ass munch and 65 more...

• Take Me To Your Whosit

  About leaders, particularly the authority-figure at the top of the tree.

  leader, chief, boss, cap'n, executive, president, head, tsar, alpha male, alpha female, conductor, dean and 127 more...

• Informal

  canary, wishy-washy, brummie, veep, kludge, beaut, moniker, humongous, tushie, ponce, Chinaman, cocky and 44 more...

• Chase's Words

  turd, pie, big cheese, blow chunks, hurl, doohicky, diarrhea, no, scat, spleen, toe jam

• Climbing the company ladder

  No job is too small.

  blue-collar worker, dogsbody, blackleg, drudge, white-collar worker, worker-bee, bottom dog, cog, salaryman, pen-pusher, pencil pusher, paper-pusher and 26 more...