big bully

big bully

Someone who is overly critical, domineering, or authoritative, or who is physically or psychologically abusive. The intensifier "big" implies a level childishness, immaturity, or a lack of seriousness or severity if used by an adult. Don't take what he says too much to heart, he's just a big bully. Jeff's been a big bully since he got that promotion.
See also: big, bully
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • big old
  • spoil
  • spoil (one) rotten
  • spoil somebody rotten
  • spoiled rotten
  • have had it
  • damn sight, a
  • in thunderation?
  • I've had it (up to here) (with someone or something)
  • I've had it up to here
References in periodicals archive
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Big Bully is now a safety specialist in the energy industry.
In the title track he is the working class hero who stands in front of the big bully and says: "Take your best shot, let's see what you've got...
As a former public high school teacher, I believe our Premier Dalton McGuinty is a big bully. He is trying to force Ontario schools to form "gay"--sex clubs.
The Big Bully (think ConDem government) slaps the Little Bully (think Kirklees) who, scared to slap back, slaps at somebody even weaker, gets its ear pulled by the teacher and squeals 'The Big Bully told me to do it'.
"China would be more amenable to listen to Asean countries than the US and Japan, because it's very sensitive about being perceived as a big bully," said Chalongphob Sussangkarn, a former Thai finance minister and a fellow at the Thailand Development Research Institute.
The 30-second commercial included a "nasty lawn bug", a "big bully weed" and a "moss monster".
The fiddle almost wept as the baby was abandoned by the young mother and then there was slapstick keyboard as Chaplin ducked, dived and dodged the haymaker blows of the big bully.
Old ladies are worrying for my health and wishing me luck against this big bully."
Cricket's 'big bully' finally bid farewell to the game with his powers on the wane and his reputation at stake.
When Hermie the ant is oppressed by a large frog in Hermie and the Big Bully Croaker (Lucado, 2003), Hermie's friends rally around him to help find a solution.
And I am definitely a lot more muscley than that big bully.
It now appears there has been a fallout in the training ranks between the 'big bully trainers' and 'sweet little girl trainers' - an issue, as usual, distorted by the press, which has caused a total diversion to the real issue, which is the level of prizemoney.
Once upon a time, in a village called Ogundugbwe, there lived a community of animals: Big Bully Elephant, Tricky Monkey, Lazy Jackal, Stubborn Goat, Shameless Mouse, and Hardworking Zebra.
A big bully pummeled our sun in its infancy, fatefully altering the composition and evolution of the solar system, a new study suggests.