to flatter someone in the hopes of receiving special treatment
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big cheese
an important person
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like chalk and cheese
opposites
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the cream of the crop
the best
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gone pear-shaped
gone unexpectedly wrong
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you canโt have your cake and eat it (too)
you canโt have something โboth waysโ/you canโt have the best of both worlds/you canโt have the two mutually exclusive things you desire at once