Meaning of everybody who is anybody | Babel Free

Definitions

All of the people who are well-known or important, especially those who have prominent social standing.

idiomatic, uncountable

Examples

“Sir William: I'm convinced that everybody who is anybody has got to buckle to, and save the landmarks left. Unless we're true to our caste, and prepared to work for it, the landed classes are going to go under to this infernal democratic spirit in the air.”

“Every year there is something new, something that everybody who is anybody gourmetwise, has to eat and rave about.”

“Suddenly, the Canadian embassy is where everybody who is anybody wants to be—not least for its uniquely panoramic view of Capitol Hill and Pennsylvania Ave.”

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