Important Phrases

Phrases

• A big shot
• A cup of coffee (A baseball expression denoting a break from major league baseball)
• A golden key can open any door
• A life changing experience
• A lot of fuss about nothing
• America's most famous dessert (Jell-O Gelatin Dessert advertising slogan)
• At all costs
• Big cheese
• Big fish in a small pool (someone considered influential compared to their less significant peers)
• Big noise
• Big shot
• Big time
• Big wheel
• Big white chief
• Big wig
• Bigger fish to fry
• Bit player
• Burning issue
• Cardinal sin
• Champagne wishes and caviar dreams (Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous sign-off)
• Chief cook and bottle washer
• Chief of staff
• Cut above the rest
• Cut no ice
• Dead issue
• Dief the Chief (Nickname of John Diefenbaker)
• Don't amount to a hill of beans
• Earth shattering
• Famous for being famous
• Famous for fifteen minutes
• Famous last words
• Fart in a windstorm
• Fear Is The Key (Barry Newman movie)
• Ferret face (Nickname of Major Frank Burns (Larry Linville))
• Golden rule
• Got bigger fish to fry
• Hail to the chief
• High ticket item (a consumer good that would constitute a major expense when bought)
• History in the making
• Hold the field (- remain the most important)
• Hot Lips Houlihan (Nickname of Major Margaret Houlihan (Loretta Swit))
• Hot button issue
• I'm convinced the Goodyear Grand Prix-S is a major contribution to road safety (Goodyear Tyres advertising slogan)
• If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him
• In a critical condition
• Iowa's Leading Edge (Nickname of Council Bluffs Iowa)
• Is this trip necessary?
• Jerkwater town
• Key of the door (Bingo call for number twenty one)
• Key to your heart
• Leading authority
• Leading edge
• Leading fashion hub
• Leading indicator
• Leading light
• Leading question
• Little fish in a big pond (someone considered unimportant compared to their more significant peers)
• Little tin god
• Lock him up and throw away the key

• Low key
• Major league (A baseball expression meaning at the top rank)
• Major player
• Make great play of
• Make history
• Material Girl (Madonna song)
• Matter of life and death
• Mere trifle
• Mission critical
• Murderers' Row (A baseball expression denoting a group of talented individuals or valuable assets)
• Must win game
• No introduction necessary
• Not to be sneezed at
• Not to speak of
• Not worth a hill of beans
• Off key
• On the back burner
• On the critical list
• On the front burner
• One to remember
• Pride of place
• Progress is our most important product (General Electric advertising slogan)
• Schlitz the beer that made Milwaukee famous (Schlitz Beer advertising slogan)
• Self important
• Serious as a heart attack
• Serious bit of kit
• Serious money
• Skeleton key
• Small potatoes
• Something and nothing
• Sorry about that, Chief. (A catchphrase from Get Smart)
• Source material
• Splashed across the front page
• The Beer that Made Milwaukee Famous (Schlitz advertising slogan)
• The Chief (Nickname of Robert Parish)
• The Custodian (Nickname of Brian Cardinal)
• The Famous Five (characters in Enid Blyton's series of children's book)
• The Galloping Major (Nickname of Ferenc Puskas)
• The Gold Standard
• The Importance Of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde book)
• The Importance of Being Ernest (play by Oscar Wilde)
• The blind leading the blind
• The great and the good
• The key to a nice, relaxed evening (Horlicks advertising slogan)
• The main event
• Throw away the key
• Today the discriminating family finds it absolutely necessary to own two or more motor cars (Buick advertising slogan)
• Too big for your boots
• Too big for your britches
• Top priority
• Under lock and key
• Vital signs
• Vital statistics
• Wake up and smell the coffee
• Where the rubber meets the road (where the important facts or realities lie)
• World Heritage Site
• World famous
• You cannot be serious (A catchphrase from John McEnroe)
• You're the man