˜yÐÄvlog

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big deal

[ big deel ]

noun

  1. an important or impressive person or thing:

    to make a big deal out of nothing;

    I hear he's a big deal on Wall Street now.

  2. (used ironically as an interjection to indicate that one considers something to be unimportant or unimpressive):

    So you're the mayor's cousin—big deal!



big deal

interjection

  1. slang.
    an exclamation of scorn, derision, etc, used esp to belittle a claim or offer
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of big deal1

First recorded in 1945–50
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. (it’s) no big deal. no big deal

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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