big deals
Things that count
Big deals are things of major importance or consequence.
The phrase often appears sarcastically or dismissively: So you got a promotion—big deal.
To make a big deal of something is to treat it as more significant than it deserves: Don't make a big deal out of it, it's just a scratch.
Genuine big deals—major transactions, landmark agreements—use the phrase straight.
- significantHaving notable importance
- bigwigsInfluential, powerful people
- transactionExchange of goods/money
- importanceState of mattering
- tycoonsPowerful business leaders
movers and shakers · heavyweight · contract · investment · magnitude · acquisition · merger · breakthrough · milestone · blockbuster · making waves · agreement · accord · bosses · corner office · landmark · commitment · arrangement
big dealstrifles
Insignificant things
trivialities · small potatoes · nothing · peanuts · minutiae
big dealsnobodies
Unimportant, unknown persons
small fry · little people · nonentities · bit players · small-timers
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