who's who

Language: en

Meaning: (countable,sometimescapitalized)Apublicationcontainingbiographiesofwell-knownorimportantpeople.1914, The Everyman Encyclopædia:Nearly every country has now aWho's Who, which gives a brief outline of the life and work of living men who have distinguished themselves in various ways.2001, James H. Sweetland,Fundamental Reference Sources, Chicago and London: American Library Association,→ISBN,page243:But when a living person's profession or vocation is known, it is well to consult first a biographical dictionary in that field, for it often contains more names than the more generalwho's whos.; (countable)A list ofnotable,famous, orupper-classpeople.1954November 22, “Education: Something for Cleo”, inTime‎[1], New York, N.Y.:Time Inc.,→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe originalon20 December 2011:In the growingwho's whoof Negro educators, the name of Cleo W. Blackburn, 45, ranks high.2002April 6, “The 1992 campaign: Delegates; how New York voters determine who fills seats at Democratic Convention”, inThe New York Times‎[2], New York, N.Y.:The New York Times Company,→ISSN,→OCLC:Mr. Clinton's candidates, a veritablewho's whoof New York Democrats, include Carol Bellamy, the former City Council president; Sandra Feldman, head of the United Federation of Teachers in New York City, and Representative Gary L. Ackerman of Queens.(Can wearchivethisURL?)2010February 11, “Dealer to the who’s who of Australian art”, inSydney Morning Herald‎[3]:With glittering names from awho's whoof Australian art on her walls she would laugh: "Not just glittering names, glittering examples of their work, too."; (uncountable)Collectively, theeliteclass.; (countable)A person appearing in aWho's Whopublication.1942,Milwaukee Journal:Sixty-one From Wisconsin Make Debut asWho's Whos[headline]:; (countable)Acelebrityor famous person, someone likely to be in such a publication.; (uncountable,idiomatic)Theidentitiesofspecificpeople, understood in terms of suchdistinguishingcharacteristicsas theirbackgrounds,prominence,achievements,jobs, etc., as a basis forcomparingthem and especially as a basis forrankingthem within a social group.1814,Maria Edgeworth, chapter XXIII, inPatronage.[…], volume II, London:[…][J. M‘Creery]forJ[oseph]Johnson and Co.,[…],→OCLC,page348:Mrs. Falconer cannot well avoid asking you to some of her entertainments, and it will be pleasant to you to knowwho's whobeforehand.1902August 21, Henry James, chapter XX, inThe Wings of the Dove, volume(please specify |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.:Charles Scribner’s Sons,→OCLC:"Milly, it's true," she said, to be exact, "has no natural sense of social values, doesn't in the least understand our differences or knowwho's whoor what's what."1902,W. W. Jacobs, chapter 5, inAt Sunwich Port:"I'll learn 'im to insult a respectable British tradesman. I'll show himwho's who."1937September 27, “Fiction: Recent Books”, inTime‎[4], New York, N.Y.:Time Inc.,→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe originalon25 January 2012:Readers will conjure up many a conjecture overwho's whoin this literary gallery.

Examples:

EN: Come on, we'll each kiss him and see if he knows who's who.
ES: Vamos, lo besaremos cada uno y veremos si sabe quién es quién.
EN: Who's starting who's who and what again?
ES: ¿Quién empieza con quién otra vez?
EN: who's who, and how much has he got?
ES: ¿Quién es quién y cuánto tiene?
EN: Beulah, remind me to tell Flea Madigan to get that blue book in here with the 400 in it, so I'll know who's who and what's what in this town.
ES: Beulah, recuérdame decirle a Pulga Madigan que me traiga El Libro Azul... y Los 400 para saber quién es quién en esta ciudad.
EN: It's a new idea of mine, truth in advertising, besides it says in the theatrical who's who that you're 38.
ES: Es una nueva idea mía, decir la verdad en la publicidad. Además el articulo dice que tiene 38.
EN: Listen, Bill, let the killer think, see, that nobody's wise and then you can stand down there and watch who's who.
ES: Bill, que el asesino crea que nadie se enteró. Podrás circular entre todos e indagar.
EN: Giving you the inside dope on what's what among the who's who. - Take it, Bert.
ES: Bert Keeler, la voz de Broadway, ofreciéndoles las vidas y milagros de los famosos, adelante Bert.
EN: - At least I shall know who's who in Stockholm.
ES: Al menos sabré quién es quién en Estocolmo.
EN: Over there in the grandstand, opposite the judges box... I can see half the names in "Burke's peerage" and "who's who". The other half I can't see...
ES: Allí en la tribuna, frente a la tribuna de jueces... puedo ver a la mitad del "quien es quien"... de los libros de genealogía de la aristocracia.
EN: - We don't know who's who.
ES: Y ahora nunca se sabe.
EN: Looks like the who's who.
ES: Parece la lista del "Quién es Quién".
EN: We don't know who's who.
ES: No sabemos quién es quién.
EN: Ficco wanted to know The whole who's who on the banks-
ES: Quería saberlo todo en relación a los bancos.
EN: Looks like a miniature who's who.
ES: Parece las páginas amarillas en miniatura.
EN: She's no idea who's who amongst the three of us
ES: Me parece que no ha leído bien nuestros registros.

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