Big cheese
Big cheese noun - One of high position or importance within a group.
Usage example: thinks he's a big cheese just because he's got a business card
Wheel and big cheese are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wheel" instead a noun phrase "Big cheese".
Wheel
Wheel noun - One of high position or importance within a group.
Usage example: she's a major wheel in that state's Democratic Party
Big cheese and wheel are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Big cheese" instead a noun "Wheel".
Both terms in one sentence
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Bee Afraid: In "The Big Cheese", Scoutmaster Lumpus attempts to steal a cheese wheel by picking it up with his buttocks.
Source: Western Animation / Camp Lazlo -
In the Camp Lazlo episode "The Big Cheese", Scoutmaster Lumpus attempts to steal a cheese wheel by picking it up with his buttocks.
Source: Bee Afraid
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