big cheese

Example Sentences

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I still think Philipp Grubauer’s their big cheese and everything will be done to ensure he’s successful.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2023

As for former CIA director William Colby, “he got a Bavarian chocolate and blueberry cream cheese pie because he was the big cheese of the CIA,” Kay recalled.

From Slate • Dec. 31, 2022

“With this decision, you can make a little cheese, a big cheese, a hard cheese, a processed cheese — and you can give the name ‘gruyère’ for all types of cheese.”

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2022

On the horizon is Hahn's return as the wonderfully wicked witch, and the big cheese, in Marvel's "Agatha: House of Harkness."

From Salon • Dec. 26, 2021

It wasn’t like I had a big cheese or nothing, but it was definitely a grin, and no joke, it wasn’t bad.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds