nibs
noun
old-fashionedinformaluk/nɪbz/us/nɪbz/his nibs
a man who is in apositionofauthorityor whothinkshe is moreimportantthan he really is:
要人;妄自尊大者Did his nibs say when he would be back in theoffice?那位大人说没说他什么时候回办公室?
Important people and describing important people
- august
- baron
- be the cat's whiskersidiom
- doyen
- doyenne
- first among equalsidiom
- FLOTUS
- get oversomething/someone
- get over yourself!idiom
- guest of honour
- lynchpin
- Mister Big
- mogul
- moment
- movers and shakers
- MVP
- superiority
- the big boys
- the big enchiladaidiom
- the grand old man ofsomethingidiom