Response to derisory offer from bishop good in principle

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n. an important influential person; "he thinks he's a big shot"; "she's a big deal in local politics"; "the Qaeda commander is a very big fish" [syn: big shot , big gun , big wheel , big cheese , big enchilada , big fish , head honcho ] anything of great ...

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from mid-19c. in poker or business; as an ironic expression, popular in American English from c.1965, perhaps a translated Yiddishism (such as a groyser kunst ).

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Big Deal is a musical with a book by Bob Fosse using songs from various composers such as Ray Henderson , Eubie Blake , and Jerome Kern . It was based on the film "Big Deal on Madonna Street" by Mario Monicelli . The musical received five Tony Award nominations, ...

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interj. (context idiomatic ironic English) Indicates that something is not important or impressive; so what. n. (context idiomatic English) Something very important, difficult, or of concern.