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small-fry

[smawl frahy] / ˈsmɔl ˌfraɪ /
















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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