| 单词 | small fry |
| 释义 | small fry[ smawl-frahy ] / ˈsmɔl ˌfraɪ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR small fry ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural small fry for 3; small fry or small fries for 1, 2.a child: Here's a treat for the small fry.He's a small fry with a big personality. an unimportant person or object: Her fancy parties were closed to the small fry. a small or young fish. Origin of small fryFirst recorded in 1895–1900; fry2 OTHER WORDS FROM small frysmall-fry, adjectiveWords nearby small frysmaller psoas muscle, smallest cardiac vein, smallest scalene muscle, small forward, small frog in a big pond, small fry, small game, small goods, small holding, small hours, small increment sensitivity index Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for small fryBritish Dictionary definitions for small frysmall fry pl npeople or things regarded as unimportant young children young or small fishes Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with small frysmall fry Young children, as in This show is not suitable for small fry. Persons of little importance or influence, as in She wasn't about to invite the Washington small fry to the reception. Both usages allude to fry in the sense of “young or small fish.” [Late 1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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