small-fry
Example Sentences
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Big money for a side operating on frees and non-contracts not so long ago, but small fry when it comes to pushing for the Premier League.
From BBC
"There's big and serious history here, wars which changed the course of history on a continent. Put it against that, it's small fry," Mr Hare remarked.
From BBC
Some passages one might almost call psychedelic if that word didn’t seem inappropriate to small fry.
From Los Angeles Times
All season long, starting with an opening road loss to Anaheim and most recently last month in a 4-0 loss at San Jose, the Kraken have let the small fry push them around.
From Seattle Times
The emphasis was not on eliminating war and injustice but on features that might help us cosmic small fry to navigate the vicissitudes of “life.”
From New York Times
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