big picture | Idiomator

Meaning: ; Thetotalityof asituation.1941, United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries,Merchant-marine inquiry forwarders: Executive hearings, page35: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 thebig picture.1951, US Senate Committee on Armed Services,Military situation in the Far East, page3089:We need somebody who will overlook the petty details, look at thebig picture, decide what is necessary to end the war, make a plan,1993, Bill Clinton,Presidential Radio Address - 31 July 1993:I met an executive from Missouri who turned around a failing plant by sharing information with employees about the company's performance. When the employees understood thebig picture, they did even better at their jobs.2002, Kate Chynoweth, Neryl Walker,The Bridesmaid Guide‎[1]:In the prewedding whirlwind of bridal showers, dress shopping, and parties, even the most budget savvy bridesmaids can overspend by mistake. Because the events span several months, it can be easy to lose track of thebig pictureand splurge at each event.2023March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, inRAIL, number978, page46:Having laid out thesebig-picturefigures, the report then begins its analysis of traffic types against route mileage.; (British,Ireland,dated)The mainfilmin adouble feature.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seebig,‎picture.

Examples:

EN: You know, these big picture boys, they're pretty social.
ES: Ya sabe, estas estrellas de cine, son muy sociables.
EN: A great big picture of Delilah looking like that, and underneath, "Aunt Delilah's Homemade Pancakes."
ES: Un gran retrato de Delilah con esa sonrisa. Y debajo tortitas de la Tía Delilah.
EN: Ronnie's up on location making a big picture.
ES: Ronnie está en el lugar haciendo una gran película.
EN: But it's a big picture, it's one of the biggest of the year and the part... every actor in Hollywood would give his teeth to play it.
ES: - Me ofrecen una gran película. Será de las mejores del año. Y menudo papel, cualquier actor de Hollywood lo dejaría todo por hacerlo.
EN: We want a big picture of you. But I have to tell them.
ES: Ésta no es una equivocación de ésas.
EN: a big picture wire I'll do.
ES: Como el de los cuadros.
EN: It's the big picture now. Here we go.
ES: Ahora empieza la película.
EN: Now remember, if your mum asks we stayed to see the big picture round again.
ES: - No lo sé. ¿A qué hora fue, Walshy?
EN: We were in the chips again, playing big picture houses all across the country.
ES: Otra vez a trabajar, en grandes salas de cine.
EN: One of these days, I'm gonna put a great big picture window there.
ES: Uno de estos días, voy a poner un gran ventanal allí.
EN: I'm starting a big picture.
ES: Estoy empezando en una película.
EN: As was the case in most Hitchcock pictures, another innocent bites the dust, another innocent is involved in something they have no idea of or have any idea of the big picture, the grand plan.
ES: Como en casi todas las películas de Hitchcock, otro inocente traga el anzuelo, otro inocente se ve implicado sin tener ni idea, sin llegar a comprender la complejidad del plan.
EN: You see the big picture, whatever we do we'll go higher.
ES: Ya ves el panorama, hagamos lo que hagamos nos va a salir superior.
EN: Then why have you hung such a big picture of dad?
ES: Entonces,¿Por qué tiene colgada una foto tan grande de papá?
EN: Like one of those indoctrination lectures about democracy and the big picture.
ES: Es como aquellas charlas sobre democracia y la gran imagen.

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