big deal
Noun
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Noun
big deal (plural big deals)
- (idiomatic, informal) Something very important or difficult, or of great concern; considerable feat or achievement.
- It's a big deal to him to get this promotion.
- It's no big deal if you don't finish.
- Why do you always have to make such a big deal of tiny punctuation errors?
- (idiomatic, informal) Someone very important; a VIP.
- Don't you know I'm a real big deal around here?
- French: problème, drame (concern), toute une affaire (important, affirmative form), montagne (difficult), en faire tout un plat
- German: große Sache
- Portuguese: grande coisa
- Russian: важный де́ло
- Spanish: gran cosa
- French: ponte, huile, grosse légume
- (idiomatic, informal, ironic) Indicates that something is not important or impressive; so what.
- He can run a mile in six minutes? Big deal! Some people can do it in four.
- French: la belle affaire, et puis, et alors
- German: auch schon was
- Italian: bella forza, e allora
- Portuguese: grande coisa
- Russian: подумать
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