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
Glendower	-	Welsh
Mechislav	-	Russian (Rare), Medieval Slavic
Deana	dee-AN-ə, DEEN-ə	English
Celeste	[sə'lest]
Em	EM	English
Renata	[rə'na:tə]