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

“There’s a lot of big fish on the lake,” said Paul Muche, scion of a family considered sturgeon-spearing royalty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

He probably had to leave Arsenal to go to a smaller pond and be that big fish.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2024

Little fish twitches, the big fish feels it, good as we can see with our eyes.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick