Slang expression for the boss - the chief man

[Zurab]

English Idioms and Expressions, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #10 "Funny Idioms", question 3

You remember I told you about that car that cost me an arm and a leg?

(a) a fair amount of money
(b) a small amount of money
(c) a good amount of money
(d) a huge amount of money

English Idioms and Expressions, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #10 "Funny Idioms", answer 3

You remember I told you about that car that cost me a huge amount of money?

Correct answer: (d) a huge amount of money
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what the mean of - The one you bought from the man you called the big cheese

[Alan]

Hi,

This is a slang expression for the boss - the chief man.

Alan
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[KrishnaKumar]

Hi Alan

I didn't get your explanation.

[Alan]

Hi,

'The big cheese' is a humorous expression to describe the most important person in an organisation.

Alan
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[Kati Svaby]

Hello Alan,
Here we wanted to get an explanation for " an arm and leg" expression.
Thanks: Kati Svaby

[Alan]

Hi Kati,

We use this expression to mean a huge amount of money as in:

I have been to the garage and they have told me that it will cost a lot of money to have my car repaired - in fact it's going to cost me an arm and a leg.

Alan
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Dear Alan,

Thank you for your explanation.
But I wanted to attract your attention for a minor error: this exercise speaks about "cost me arm and leg" and you began to explain the meaning of 'the big cheese' - perhaps that's why KrihsnaKumar wrote "didn't get your explanation."

Best regard:
Kati Svaby

[Hanif]

Hi Alan,

Forgive me, but I still don't get the big picture of "an arm and a leg" explanation. For a glimpse, I thought the question is describing about an accident that literally really cost an arm and a leg amputation. Just for illustration, OK, arm and leg is precious part of body which take a lot of money to replace them. But what about if more part of body that take casualties, wouldn't it be 'more huge of money'. So I say, "arm and leg" is fair number/amount which could representated with "good".

[Puppet]

Hi,

Is it a kind of sarcastic to mock the boss.

I've read about the cheese something refers to the bad smell. And now cheese when it's big means the big boss..