| 单词 | big pot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbig pot e. colloquial. An important person. Chiefly in big pot. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > one who is important persona1425 personagec1460 colossus1605 satrapon1650 bigwig1772 big man1789 butt-cut1806 tallboy1820 buzz-wig1854 great or high shot1861 celestial1874 pot1880 big stuff1883 importance1886 big wheel1893 mandarin1907 the (also a) big noise1909 hotty1910 big boy1918 biggie1926 hotshot1933 wheel1933 eminence1935 top hat1936 big or great white chief1937 Mr Big1940 big kahuna1966 1880 T. Hardy Trumpet-major I. viii. 135 When Festus put on the big pot, as it is classically called, he was quite blinded ipso facto to the diverting effect of that mood and manner upon others. 1885 Punch 12 Sept. 131/2 Oh, Yorkshire and Lancashire both are big pots. But Cricket's top honours again go to Notts. 1899 R. Whiteing No. 5 John St. xiv The father's some tremendous pot in the financial way. 1909 J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era 28 Big pot (Music-hall 1878–82)... This phrase is probably one of the few that filter down in the world from Oxford, where, in the 50's it was the abbreviation of potentate. It referred to a college don, or a social magnate. 1947 ‘A. P. Gaskell’ Big Game 24 I don't feel at home with these big pots. 1992 D. Pannick Advocates iii. 87 The moral of the story—‘Wait till you're a big pot’—is a sound one. < as lemmas |
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