wheeler-dealer

wheeler-dealer
n. phr. slang
A person with power and control.

The biggest wheeler-dealer in the state has many friends in high places in business and government and is a rich man himself.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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