Meaning of anybody who is anybody | Babel Free

Definitions

Any person who is well-known or important, especially one who has prominent social standing.

idiomatic, uncountable

Examples

“Gwendolen: Personally I cannot understand how anybody manages to exist in the country, if anybody who is anybody does. The country always bores me to death.”

“Vogue magazine, meanwhile, is holding a big cocktail party on Tuesday with photographers, models, designers and anybody who is anybody in Milan.”

“Still, anybody who is anybody managed to wrangle an invitation to the event. That included Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen, Governor General Michaélle Jean, Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter and a bevy of soggy dignitaries.”

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