The phrase
"big enchilada" is an expression used to describe a person who holds a very important or influential position, often referring to someone who has a lot of power or authority.
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«Rick Bayless is the undisputed
Big Enchilada of Mexican cooking north of the border,» says Sybil Pratt in her review of Fiesta at Rick's (our August Cookbook of the month).
Abuelo's Mexican Restaurant Offers Free Enchiladas for a Year through Limited Time,
Big Enchilada Sweepstakes One Lucky Guest Will Win Free Enchiladas -LSB-...]
«On the other hand all the carbon dioxide we're pouring into the air right now is the
obvious big enchilada.
The CEO,
the big enchilada, numeral uno # 1 and while under his watch he allowed, supported and condoned ra pe and cover up.
LUBBOCK, Texas — Abuelo's Mexican Restaurants are giving one lucky guest free enchiladas for a year, as part of
its Big Enchilada sweepstakes, running through October 6.
A hard - luck kid whose dad died the very day Jason turned pro with a chance to win
the Big Enchilada, on Father's Day no less.
I saw more UK references to Zimbabwe - but Jeffrey Goldberg cited «Yemen, Ivory Coast and
the big enchilada Iran to name three».
«Todd Howe even had contacts with
the big enchilada.
On
the big enchilada, assessing a fee on private vehicles entering Manhattan, all of de Blasio's objections have been satisfied.
The brain, after all, is the Seat of the Soul,
the Big Enchilada of Consciousness, the organ of Me - ness.
Vesta and Ceres are
the big enchiladas of the asteroid belt, a loose collection of rubble left over from the earliest days of the solar system.
If finding life on other planets is really NASA's most important goal, then the Terrestrial Planet Finder is
the big enchilada of the entire spaced - based telescope effort.
When wedding season winds down, they decide to shoot for
the big enchilada: a massive, elaborate ceremony for Christina (Jenny Alden), the daughter of Treasury Secretary William Cleary (Christopher Walken).
Mortality, death, despair — are we ready for this director to take on
the big enchilada?
Black Mass and Room drew raves for performances, but perhaps we still haven't seen the year's
big enchilada.
It starts at the Hoover Dam, snakes its way west to Los Angeles, and then cuts north through Bakersfield on the way to
the big enchilada, San Francisco.
If I was writing for another niche, I'd have chosen
the Big Enchilada in that niche).
So I signed up for
the Big Enchilada in my niche (which happens to be Christian publishing.
Are you going for
the big enchilada, and if so, what's your strategy?
Konami made some of their greatest hits for the PS1, including Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Suikoden, Silent Hill, and
the big enchilada in Metal Gear Solid.
«Art Basel and the Containers» may sound like a South Florida doo - wop group, but it's Art Basel Miami Beach,
the big enchilada at the three - block - long Convention Center, and its satellite, Art Positions, aka The Containers, a group of metal shipping boxes set up in nearby Collins Park a stone's throw from the beach.
This is
the big enchilada, and as far as measuring oceans goes, everything changed in 2003 when we finally got the ARGO system, and that's why it's worth a closer look now.
«On the other hand, all the CO2 we're pouring into the air right now is the obvious
big enchilada.
But when it comes to knowing what your employees are doing, as
the big enchilada at a small business, you've got responsibilities.
It'll cause you to miss out on
the Big Enchilada because of Small Potatoes.