small fry
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
small + fry, first use appears c. 1577, in the publications of John Dee.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
small fry (plural small fry or small fries)
- One or more small or immature fish.
- (informal) One or more children.
- (idiomatic) One or more relatively small and insignificant individuals or things of relatively little consequence, importance, or value.
- Synonyms: small potatoes, minnow, nobody, no one
- Antonym: big fish
- The police did not arrest the drug dealer since he was small fry compared to his boss.
- These slot machines are just the small fry. The big games are in the back room.
Translations[edit]
one or more small fish
one or more children
things or people of little importance
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Further reading[edit]
- “small fry”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “small fry”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “small fry” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
- “small fry”, in Collins English Dictionary.