big deal
Meaning: Said sarcastically to mean something is not important at all.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Example: “"I got a gold star!" "Big deal."”
Category: Daily Life
Origin: An ironic use of "big deal" (an important matter), common in American English from the mid-20th century.
Equivalents in other languages
- Greek: Σιγά τα λάχανα — literally: Easy with the cabbages!
More idioms — Daily Life
- play dumb — To pretend not to know or understand something.
- make short work of something — To deal with or finish something quickly.
- you've made your bed, now lie in it — You must accept the consequences of your own choices.
- an uphill battle — A long, difficult struggle.
- Pédaler dans la semoule — To be confused and getting nowhere.
- Avoir d'autres chats à fouetter — To have more important things to do.
More English idioms
- play into someone's hands — To act in a way that unintentionally helps an opponent.
- make a hash of something — To do something very badly.
- all hell breaks loose — Chaos and disorder suddenly erupt.
- be put out to pasture — To be retired or set aside as no longer useful.
- The last straw that broke the camel's back — The final small burden that causes a total collapse.
- To have a frog in your throat — To have difficulty speaking due to hoarseness.
From our proverbs
- Speculation completes what extravagance began. — Unfounded assumptions compound the damage already caused by reckless spending.
- Great spenders are bad lenders. — Those who squander their own resources lack the discipline to manage others' borrowed mon…
- He would split a hair. — Obsessive attention to trivial distinctions wastes effort on meaningless differences.