Multiple choice

Directions: Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

The big-shot at the head office never listened to the branch head, and consequently one day she landed into trouble.

  1. an important person

  2. a well known personality but at an unimportant place

  3. a foolish girl

  4. a mean person
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Explanation

The phrase, 'big-shot' refers to an important person. 'A well known personality but at an unimportant place' refers to the phrase, 'big fish in a little sea'. 'A foolish girl' refers to the phrase, 'a bimbo'. The others are the incorrect meanings of the given phrase.

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