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!

a big fish

(informal)

an important or powerful person in a group or organization Mrs Coughlin is one of the directors - a big fish.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Haydar	-	Turkish
Baptiste	ba-TEEST	French
Severina	-	Italian, Portuguese, Croatian, German, Ancient Roman
Antonina	ahn-taw-NEE-nah (Polish), ahn-tah-NEE-nah (Russian)	Italian, Polish, Russian, Ancient Roman
Tomek	TAW-mek	Polish
Rupert	RUY-pərt (Dutch), ROO-pərt (English), RUW-pert (Polish)	German, Dutch, English, Polish