English in a Minute: Phrases with 'big'
Learning English Vocabulary
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🗓️ 18 February 2026
⏱️ 1 minutes
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Summary
What phrases do you know with the word 'big'? Learn some in this podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:06.0 | You're listening to BBC LearningEnglish.com. |
| 0:10.8 | It's not small, it's big! |
| 0:16.3 | If you say something is a big deal, you think it's very important or serious. |
| 0:23.6 | You're moving to Australia? That's a big deal. I won't see you for ages. |
| 0:29.6 | A big fish in a small pond is a person who is important or has a lot of influence in a small group. |
| 0:40.4 | I manage a small team and I love it. |
| 0:43.7 | I'd always rather be a big fish in a small pond. |
| 0:49.9 | The big picture or the bigger picture is everything related to a situation, |
| 0:53.0 | like how the details affect everything else. |
| 0:57.3 | You earn a lot of money but you work so many hours and you're always tired. You need to think about the big picture and take a rest. And if you have big |
| 1:04.0 | shoes to fill, you need to be as good as the person who had the same job or position before you. |
| 1:13.4 | I don't envy the person taking over my boss's job. Those are big shoes to fill. |
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