big deal

English

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Noun

big deal (plural big deals)

1. (idiomatic, informal) Something very important or difficult, or of great concern; considerable feat or achievement.

   It's a big deal to him to get this promotion.

   It's no big deal if you don't finish.

   Why do you always have to make such a big deal of tiny punctuation errors?

2. (idiomatic, informal) Someone very important; a VIP.

   Don't you know I'm a real big deal around here?

Derived terms

• make a big deal out of

Translations

something very important

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 大件事 (daai⁶ gin⁶ si⁶)

  Mandarin: 大事 (zh) (dàshì)

• Finnish: iso juttu
• French: problème (fr) m, drame (fr) m (concern), toute une affaire (fr) f (important, affirmative form), montagne (fr) f (difficult), en faire tout un plat (fr)
• German: große Sache f
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• Hungarian: nagy ügy, nagy dolog, pláne, (a fuss made about something) nagy hűhó, nagy felhajtás
• Portuguese: grande coisa
• Russian: важное (važnoje) де́ло (ru) (délo) (vážnoje délo) n, большое (bolʹšoje) де́ло (ru) (délo) (bolʹsóje délo) n
• Spanish: gran cosa
• Turkish: çok mühim, çok önemli

someone very important

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大人物 (zh) (dàrénwù)

• Finnish: tärkeä henkilö, avainhenkilö
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• French: ponte (fr), huile (fr) f, grosse légume (fr) f
• Hungarian: fejes (hu), nagykutya
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

Interjection

big deal

1. (idiomatic, informal, ironic) Indicates that something is not important or impressive; so what.

   He can run a mile in six minutes? Big deal! Some people can do it in four.

Translations

so what

• Bulgarian: голя́ма ра́бота! (goljáma rábota!)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 噉又點呀／噉又点呀 (gam² jau⁶ dim² aa³), 噉又点呀 (gam² jau⁶ dim² aa³)

  Mandarin: 那又怎麼樣／那又怎么样 (nà yòu zěnmeyàng), 那又怎么样 (nà yòu zěnmeyàng), 所以呢 (suǒyǐ ne)

• Czech: to je toho, no a co má být
• Finnish: mitä sitten, entä sitten
• French: la belle affaire ! (fr) f, et puis ?, et alors ? (fr)
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• German: auch schon was
• Hungarian: nagy ügy
• Italian: bella forza f, e allora
• Macedonian: голема работа! (golema rabota!)
• Portuguese: grande coisa
• Russian: поду́маешь! (ru) (podúmaješʹ!), ну и что́ ж? (nu i štó ž?)
• Turkish: hıh, o da bir şey mi

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