big cheese

Etymology
From +. Earliest use to mean importance from 1910.

Noun

 * 1)  A very important figure, especially a high-ranking person in an organization.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:,  , , 權勢之人,  大腕兒, ,
 * Dutch:, hoge piet,
 * Finnish: iso kiho
 * French: big boss,, ,  , ,
 * German:, , dicker Fisch
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Irish: boc mór
 * Italian: pezzo grosso, , pezzo da novanta, pezzonovante, , , , , capoccia,
 * Japanese:, 巨擘,
 * Luxembourgish: déckt Déier
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: больша́я ши́шка, ва́жная ши́шка , ва́жная пти́ца , ва́жная персо́на , большо́й нача́льник ,
 * Sicilian: pezza novante
 * Spanish:, cerote gordo,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: malaking tao
 * Ukrainian:, , вели́ка ця́ця, важли́вий птах, ва́жний птах, важли́ва пти́ця, ва́жна пти́ця, ши́шка
 * Welsh: pwysigyn