big kahuna
Example Sentences
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Of course, L.A.’s the big kahuna now.
From Los Angeles Times
"Given the interest of the majority of states in pursuing this issue, we think it's only appropriate that the big kahuna, the federal government, take action as well."
From Salon
In New York City in 1999, Jesse says he was working on “The Big Kahuna,” which Spacey starred in and produced.
From Los Angeles Times
But the big kahuna of consumer deflation is electronics.
From Salon
Roy Lichtenstein’s “Drowning Girl” — lent by the Museum of Modern Art and picturing a blue-haired woman vanishing beneath silvery waves — is facing, embarrassing to say, a replica of Hokusai’s big kahuna made from blue and white Lego blocks.
From New York Times
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