big fish
an important or powerful person
a big fish in a small pond the most important or powerful person in a small group
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How to use big fish in a sentence
“The government just wanted to catch the big fish [in the Juarez cartel] and they ignored everything in between,” Lozoya said.
An Informant, a Missing American, and Juarez’s House of Death: Inside the 12-Year Cold Case of David Castro | Bill Conroy | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe small fish have been brought to account for their role but the big fish are still free and dangerous.
Indian and Pakistani Leaders Seek to End Their Cold War, but Will the ‘Deep State’ Allow Peace? | Bruce Riedel | May 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI had come to Robinson from a tiny school at an overseas post my dad was assigned to, where I had been a big fish in a small pond.
My Friend Oderus Urungus: GWAR’s Dave Brockie Was a High School Punk Legend | Andy Hinds | March 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis is because being a big fish in a little pond has significant advantages.
Malcolm Gladwell In Five Minutes: What to Know to Pretend You’ve Read the New Book | Thomas Flynn | October 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThis brings us to the big fish, Obama, who is the only fish that really matters here.
Nets were run out in a jiffy, but I fear the big fish had already given them the slip.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonThen I stopped crying, absorbed entirely in the fine story I was inventing of the big fish's capture and death.
Tramping on Life | Harry KempThe Cormorant is famous for his large appetite; he chases even big fish, of a size to choke him, you would think.
On the Seashore | R. Cadwallader SmithSomewhere out there a couple of hundred yards the big fish came up and roared on the surface.
Tales of Fishes | Zane GreyMy boatman put on speed, and, as my boat is fast, it did not take us long to get somewhere near where this big fish broke.
Tales of Fishes | Zane Grey
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