Big Bird.

To get the big bird (i.e. the goose). To be hissed on the stage. A theatrical expression.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Bid
Bid-ale
Bidding Beads
Bidding-Prayer
Biddy (i.e. Bridget)
Bideford Postman
Bidpai
Biforked Letter of the Greeks
Bifrost
Big
Big Bird
Big-endians
Big Gooseberry Season (The)
Big-wig (A)
Bigaroon
Bighes (pron. bees)
Bight
Bigorne
Bigot
Bigot and his Castle of Bungay
Bilbo