| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | bigwig wannabe | шишка на ровном месте |
| obs. | ironic bigwig | вельможа |
| polit. | political bigwig | влиятельный политик (slang Val_Ships) |
| amer. | top dog, top or fat cat, big fish, big cheese, hotshot, bigwig, head honcho, big or top gun, high man on the totem-pole, heavy-hitter, big man on campus, key player, big kahuna | шишка (See also "важная птица" или "большой человек") |
| inf. | Wall Street bigwigs | воротилы с Уолл-стрит (According to reports, UFO whistleblower David Grusch gave a talk to a number of 'Wall Street bigwigs' and intelligence community officials.(unexplained-mysteries.com) ART Vancouver) |
