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Someone who mistook a loud room for a large life.
means An important or powerful person, especially one who acts self-important about it.
from An American coinage from the early 20th century, pairing 'big' with 'shot' — 'shot' having long served as slang for a notable or capable person (as in 'a big shot of a lawyer'), itself possibly tracing back to marksmanship, where a good 'shot' was someone who hit the mark and earned respect. By the 1920s, 'big shot' had settled into its modern sense: a person of importance, often one who makes sure you know it, frequently applied to gangsters, bosses, and anyone trading on real or imagined clout.
- origin
- 1920s American slang for powerful criminals
- tell
- always mentions who they know
- irony
- real power rarely announces itself
- opposite
- the person actually making decisions quietly