high muckety-muck
Self-important official
A high muckety-muck is a self-important person in a position of authority—someone who acts like a big shot.
The term is mildly mocking, used to deflate pompousness: The high muckety-mucks in corporate won't listen to us.
Also spelled high mucky-muck or muckety-muck alone.
- bigwigInfluential, important person
- big wigImportant, powerful person
- honchoInformal term for leader
- fat catWealthy, influential person
- mogulInfluential industry leader
big kahuna · big shot · big wheel · executive · top brass · elite · chief · panjandrum · luminary · magnate · nabob · captain of industry · big cheese · tycoon · top dog · power broker · aristocrat · director
self-importance/pretension
high muckety-muckhumble servant
Deferential aide or helper
plain folk · regular Joe · regular guy · salt of the earth · man of the people
high, muck, higher, highest, highly, mucks, mucked, mucking, mucky