| 单词 | small fish |
| 释义 | > as lemmassmall fish small fish n. colloquial a person or thing of relatively small importance or significance; esp. in small fish in a big pond and variants: a person or thing regarded as comparatively insignificant, or whose influence is diminished within the context of a large group or more populous environment; cf. big fish n. at big adj. and adv. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant unknownc1390 pawnc1450 semi-cipher?1550 bauble1570 Jack with the feather1581 nobody1583 winterling1585 squash1600 rush candle1628 niflec1635 nullity1657 nonentity1710 featherweight1812 underscrub1822 nyaff1825 small fish1836 no-account1840 little fish1846 peanut1864 commonplacer1874 sparrow-fart1886 Little Willie1901 pipsqueak1905 nebbish1907 pie-biter1911 blob1916 smallie1930 no-count1932 zilch1933 Mickey Mouse1935 muzhik1945 nerd1951 nothingburger1953 nerk1955 non-person1959 no-mark1982 1836 Farmers' Reg. Jan. 540/1 Do, for the sake of us small fish in the forest, insist on your correspondents in future..to sign their proper names to their communications. 1904 Boston Daily Globe 25 Dec. 6/2 Most women would rather be a small fish in a big pond than a big fish in a small pond. 1973 R. S. Morrison Handbk. for Manufacturing Entrepreneurs lxiv. 484 Acme Products Company is a small fish in the acquisitions pond. 1996 Raygun Nov. 62/2 It seemed that (Reed) got to be a small fish in a big pond and immediately went berserk. 2011 Sunday Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 14 Aug. 74 Despite enjoying the peak racing season, Bowman confirmed there is no place like home. ‘I was a small fish over there and I'm a big fish here,’ he said. < as lemmas |
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