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big deal

[ big deel ]

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noun

an important or impressive person or thing:
to make a big deal out of nothing;
I hear he's a big deal on Wall Street now.
(used ironically as an interjection to indicate that one considers something to be unimportant or unimpressive):
So you're the mayor's cousin—big deal!

big deal

slang.
an exclamation of scorn, derision, etc, used esp to belittle a claim or offer

First recorded in 1945–50

Koenig makes a big deal out of this call and frames it as a massive red herring.

Religious displays on public property used to be a big deal.

Grizzlies lick them up by the thousands, and the media has made a big deal out of Yellowstone bears eating these bugs.

According to Merritt, at the time of the killings they were thrilled about scoring a big deal in Saudi Arabia.

It was never a big deal before, but when he first got back, certain toys would throw him into a rage.

I worked a big deal in futures for their father this morning; nice girls; it's time they were getting married.

It was a big deal in oil which concerned the buying up of seventeen huge adjoining ranches.

Paul reached home a little early, tired and cross from a big deal that had hung fire for ten days.

Look at your watch again and curse the mucking hombre de negocios who's holding up your big deal.

If it had be'n a big deal I wouldn't have be'n took in, that way.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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