big fish

a big fish

An important, successful, or influential person. Meeting a big fish like the company's CEO can be quite an intimidating experience for an intern. I'd rather be a big fish in a small pond than move to New York City and be a nobody!
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

big fish

n. the boss; the leader. (Underworld.) We took in the little guys, but the big fish got away.
See also: big, fish
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • a big fish
  • the blame for (something)
  • start out at (something or some place)
  • start out at an amount of money
  • start off at (something or some place)
  • belly up
  • pilfer
References in periodicals archive
A previous Conservationist contributor, Rich Redman of Moriah likes fishing, and telling big fish stories.
Amelia's big fish by Rich Redman
Bunf and Tabitha fell in love with the Big Fish Little Fish concept when they were living in London and attended a family rave in Balham, South London.
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Color the big fish pink, color the small fish green.
Dinofish
Stan Hart's tackle was not designed for big fish. His eight pounds break-k ing-strain double-strength Drennan leader meant that he had to be patient for a long time before netting the fish.
More than meets the eye when it comes to big fish; angling
Reel Big Fish were a sound track to their teens, early twenties.
Review
He keeps track of moonrise and moonset, too, and considers the hour surrounding those events to be times when big fish sometimes feed.
Magic hour: for trophy walleyes
The Big Fish Gold Card access-all-areas pass to local authority contracts has shielded them from the multi-dip recession, especially as they are often based on pre-austerity terms and conditions which would be laughed off the table if offered today.
Let the little fish have a bite of council contracts
Shark experts will sink their teeth in to a great debate over trading of the big fish during a conference in Dubai on Monday.
Dubai shark conservation workshop to tackle overfishing
* The Kasbah have confirmed appearances by Welsh rockers Kids In Glass Houses and American ska/punk outfit Reel Big Fish.
KONTOURS ON AN UPWARD CURVE.. Rock
In the fine tradition of third-wave ska bands from Orange County, Calif., Reel Big Fish plays big, dumb ska with a wicked sense of humor and REALLY big horns.
Get Reel
Big Fish Games Inc, an online marketplace for premium casual games, has introduced a cloud gaming service for mobile devices, the company revealed today.
Big Fish Games introduces cloud gaming service for the iPad
Channel 4, Tuesday, 9pm First up is Hugh's Big Fish Fight where Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall discovers there are not plenty more fish in the sea.
BEST OF THE REST
Game publisher Big Fish Games today announced that it has integrated multi-player peer-to-peer gameplay and voice chat into its newest app, Big City Adventures: San Francisco.
Big Fish integrates multi-player voice chat into iPhone and iPad game
The fishery's annual big fish event is due to start on Saturday and will run for two weeks.
Productive spell in winds at Jubilee