| 单词 | main cheese |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmain cheese a. Originally U.S. An important or self-important person; a boss or chief. Frequently more fully in big cheese (also occasionally main cheese).Perhaps attested earlier in quot. 1882 at cheese n.2: see note at that entry. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > one who is important > one who is self important bug1536 his nibs1821 panjandrum1825 prima ballerina1923 I AM1926 cheese1965 the mind > emotion > pride > self-importance > [noun] > person bug1536 bladder1579 God almighty1632 cockalorumc1796 his nibs1821 prima donna1834 fly on the (coach-)wheel1840 high muck-a-muck1856 nobs1877 high muckety-muck1882 muckamuck1883 Pooh Bah1886 prima ballerina1923 I AM1926 muckety-muck1927 Pooter1957 cheese1965 1899 Lima (Ohio) News 10 Nov. The fellow that she wuz stuck on was the main cheese of the play. He was ‘it’—the real hero. 1919 P. G. Wodehouse Their Mutual Child i. iv. 50 The bunch of cheeses ought to have been highly grateful to Mrs. Dingle for her anti-pugilistic prejudices. 1934 R. Chandler in Black Mask July 64 So the big cheese give me the job. 1965 Daily Express 15 Oct. 19/4 As soon as you become to feel a bit of a cheese you become a bad magistrate. 1979 J. Abrahams et al. Airplane! (film shooting script) (O.E.D. Archive) 96 The head man, the top dog, the big cheese. 2011 R. Doetsch Half-past Dawn xiii. 81 If I knew the big cheese was coming down, I would have worn pants. < as lemmas |
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