The Fexco 2024 concludes by breaking records in visits and economic
activity.
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The International Fair and Exhibition of Cochabamba (Fexco) concluded
yesterday after 11 days of constant and intense activity. Preliminary
figures indi...
big cheese, the
The boss,
an important
person; also, a self-important person. This term is a slangy Americanism dating from the late nineteenth
century, and its etymology
is disputed. Some believe it comes from the Per- sian or Urdu word chiz or cheez for “thing”; others believe it is simply a play on the English word chief. There are several synonymous usages,
among them big gun, big shot, and big wheel. The first dates from the 1830s. An
1834 citation has it, “The big guns of the nation
are there
[in Washington].” The last two
expressions both date from
the 1930s.
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