big shot

English

Alternative forms

• bigshot

Noun

big shot (plural big shots)

1. (idiomatic) A person with a reputation of importance or power.

   They stopped traffic so some big shot and his entourage could have the whole road to themselves.

Translations

person with reputation or importance

Chinese: Mandarin: (in any field) 大人物 (zh) (dàrénwù), (political or military VIP) 要人 (zh) (yàorén), (political or military VIP), 權勢之人 (zh), 权势之人 (zh) (quánshìzhīrén), (colloquial; celebrity) 大腕兒 (zh), 大腕儿 (zh) (dàwànr) Finnish: iso (fi) kiho (fi) French: grand chef (fr) German: hohes Tier (de) n.

Hungarian: nagy kutya (hu) Italian: pezzo grosso (it) m. Portuguese: figurão (pt) m. Russian: большая шишка (bol’šája šíška) m. and f. (big cone) Sicilian: pezza novante (big gun) Spanish: pez gordo (es) m. (fat fish)