big

big idiom
In addition to the idioms beginning with big, also see go over big; great (big) guns; hit it big; in a big way; little frog in a big pond; make a federal case (big deal); talk big; think big; too big for one's breeches; what's the (big) idea. Also see under bigger.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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