big picture
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big picture
- /bɪɡ ˈpɪk(t)ʃɚ/ US
Where it comes from
From a figurative sense of picture meaning "situation." First attested in 1904.
noun big pictures
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The totality of a situation.
I do not care whether it is placed or not, if I get my stuff to that ship. Now, it is my job to look at the big picture.
Similar: grand scheme, thirty-thousand-foot view, bird's-eye view
- The main film in a double feature.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, picture.
Translations
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noun totality of a situation
| Español | impresión general, visión general, visión de conjunto, panorama general, idea general, perspectiva global |
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| 한국어 | 대국 daeguk |
| 日本語 | 大局 taikyoku |
| 中文 | 大局 dàjú |
| Français | vue d'ensemble |
| Deutsch | Gesamtbild, Gesamteindruck, das große Ganze |
| Русский | о́бщая карти́на óbščaja kartína, о́бщая ситуа́ция óbščaja situácija, о́бщая обстано́вка óbščaja obstanóvka, обстано́вка в це́лом obstanóvka v célom |
| Tiếng Việt | đại cục |
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