big deal

English

big deal (plural big deals)

(idiomatic, informal) Something very important or difficult, or of great concern.
It's a big deal to him to get this promotion.

It's no big deal if you don't finish.
(idiomatic, informal) Someone very important; a VIP.
Don't you know I'm a real big deal around here?
(in expressions such as 'make a big deal of' and similar) Something made into a supposedly big or important matter, despite actually being quite minor.
Why do you always have to make such a big deal of tiny punctuation errors?

something very important

Chinese:
Cantonese: 大件事 (daai⁶ gin⁶ si⁶)

Mandarin: 大事 (zh) (dàshì)
Finnish: iso juttu (fi)
French: problème (fr) m, drame (fr) m (concern), toute une affaire (fr) f (important, affirmative form), montagne (fr) f (difficult), en faire tout un plat (fr)

German: große Sache f
Hungarian: nagy ügy
Russian: важное (važnoje) де́ло (ru) (délo) (vážnoje délo) n, большое (bolʹšoje) де́ло (ru) (délo) (bolʹsóje délo) n
Spanish: gran cosa
Turkish: çok mühim, çok önemli

someone very important

(idiomatic, informal, ironic) Indicates that something is not important or impressive; so what.
He can run a mile in six minutes? Big deal! Some people can do it in four.

so what

Chinese:
Cantonese: 噉又點呀, 噉又点呀 (gam² jau⁶ dim² aa³)

Mandarin: 那又怎麼樣, 那又怎么样 (nà yòu zěnmeyàng), 所以呢 (suǒyǐ ne)
Czech: to je toho, no a co má být
Finnish: mitä sitten, entä sitten
French: la belle affaire (fr) f !, et puis ?, et alors (fr) ?

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