N-COUNT 大人物;重要人物;大鱼 If you describe someone as a big fish, you believe that they are powerful or important in some way.
The four men arrested were described as really big fish by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. 美国禁毒署称被捕的4个人都是分量十足的大鱼。
PHRASE 小池塘里的大鱼;小地方的大人物 If you say that someone is a big fish in a small pond, you mean that they are powerful or important but only within a small group of people.
In South Africa, Jani was a big fish in a small pond. 在南非,贾尼可谓塘中无鱼虾为大。