big fish
Example Sentences
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"A few years ago, I used to catch big fish like captains and catfish but because of the pollution, they've moved further out to sea," fisherman Gilby Mwana-Fioti told AFP.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
She was a big fish in a small and comfortable pond.
From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2026
“She always said she’d rather be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond,” said her daughter, Melissa Davitt-Smith.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
García Luna was a big fish ready to be fried in Brooklyn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2025
Doubt we’re going more than five miles an hour, me and the big fish.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
