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Meanings of big cheese in English

Portuguese
figurão

An important influential person.

      figurão
      Usage of big cheese in English
      1
      Sure, sure, you're the boss's wife, you're the big cheese around here.
      The Incredible Shrinking Man
      2
      Jacob Zuma isn't the only big cheese throwing their weight behind The Doctor.
      The South African
      3
      There is Rebecca Vilas, current squeeze of the big cheese.
      Black house
      4
      Bonello sliced a big cheese on the heavy kitchen table.
      A Farewell to Arms
      5
      Academy Award pundit Tom O'Neil calls the movie, the big cheese in the contest.
      Reuters
      6
      In a moment I'd look on his face, the big cheese, the head demon.
      Cara mia - book one of the immortyl revolution
      7
      This is where the big cheese headquarters is located.
      Mortal Allies
      8
      God is the big cheese, or there is a top god, like Zeus or Thor.
      Human
      9
      Further down Carlos Brathwaite fetched more than Pietersen, the big cheese of the Big Bash.
      The Guardian
      10
      Instead I watched some inane Sunday morning sitcom before ambling over to the big cheese's office.
      Mortal Allies
      11
      So everyone will see he's the big cheese.
      The stand
      12
      Losing the post was enough punishment for him anyway; his whole life was playing the big cheese.
      Pet Sematary
      13
      America has a big cheese problem.
      News.com.au
      14
      Now he's the big cheese there.
      "Undo": A Novel
      15
      Company big cheese Michael Rapino told investors that he … Your favourite band may be in for a pay-cut.
      The Irish Times
      16
      Listen here, you big cheese!
      The Little Nugget
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