大人物英语词汇典故
　　Now,
theVOASpecial
English
program
Words
andTheir
Stories.
　　Some
expressions
describe
people
whoareimportant
--orwhoatleast
think
they
are.
Onesuch
expression
isbigwig.
　　Inthe17th
century,
important
meninEurope
began
towear
false
hair,
called
wigs.
Asyears
passed,
wigs
began
togetbigger.
Thesize
ofaman's
wigdepended
onhowimportant
hewas.
Themore
important
hewas--orthought
hewas--thebigger
thewighewore.
Some
wigs
were
solarge
they
covered
aman's
shoulders
orback.
　　Today, ...