small fry
a child: Here's a treat for the small fry.He's a small fry with a big personality.
an unimportant person or object: Her fancy parties were closed to the small fry.
a small or young fish.
Origin of small fry
1Other words from small fry
- small-fry, adjective
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How to use small fry in a sentence
Seasoned recordists may balk at its midrange converters or bristle at the notion of sacrificing line outputs for headphones, but engineering is little more than problem-solving and the shortcomings of the 18i20 are small fry.
Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 review: Plentiful possibilities | Jay Cabrera | December 7, 2021 | Popular-ScienceMost of these planets, the magazine noted, were “small fry.”
Pluto is no longer a planet — or is it? | Lisa Grossman | October 28, 2021 | Science News For StudentsA 1951 article in Science News Letter declared that “thousands of planets are known to circle our sun,” although most are “small fry.”
The definition of planet is still a sore point – especially among Pluto fans | Lisa Grossman | August 24, 2021 | Science NewsAnd yes, someone has already called Spencer a “small fry,” har har.
Freaking Out About Age Gaps in Gay Relationships Is Homophobic | Samantha Allen | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTBig Perm worries that the lack of policing the “small fry” will lead to more crimes by “big fry.”
One cannot have an ecosystem with only “small fry” facing giants.
Why Random and Penguin Must Merge—And When They Almost Did | Gayle Feldman | November 9, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the White House pecking order, Jones was a small fry, who wasn't exactly sitting in on cabinet meetings.
They are the small fry who follow in the wake of the big eaters in the ferocious hunts of the rivers.
The Nabob | Alphonse DaudetThe noise attracts the large fish, who think there is a shoal of the small fry about, and they jump at the bait and are caught.
Round the Wonderful World | G. E. MittonFinally, the small fry of the Third Estate will be exiled to at least a hundred leagues from Paris.
The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 | Eugne SueYou can imagine the wild joy of the small fry, who had, of course, never met Whistler.
The Life of James McNeill Whistler | Elizabeth Robins PennellA great family might have lived down a match of this sort, (I dont want to hurt your feelings,) but were such very small fry.
The Bishop's Apron | W. Somerset Maugham
British Dictionary definitions for small fry
people or things regarded as unimportant
young children
young or small fishes
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Other Idioms and Phrases with small fry
Young children, as in This show is not suitable for small fry.
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