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small fry
small fryn.1. Small children.2. Young or small fish.3. People or things regarded as unimportant.small fry pl n 1. people or things regarded as unimportant 2. young children 3. (Zoology) young or small fishes small′ fry`
n.pl. 1. very young children. 2. unimportant persons or things. 3. small or young fish. [1895–1900] small′-fry`, adj. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | small fry - someone who is small and insignificantpip-squeak, squirtnobody, nonentity, cypher, cipher - a person of no influence | | 2. |  small fry - a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"child, kid, minor, nipper, tiddler, youngster, tike, shaver, nestling, fry, tykechild's body - the body of a human childjuvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developedbairn - a child: son or daughterbuster - a robust childchangeling - a child secretly exchanged for another in infancychild prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child - a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age; "Mozart was a child prodigy"foster child, foster-child, fosterling - a child who is raised by foster parentsscamp, imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag - one who is playfully mischievouskiddy - a young childorphan - a child who has lost both parentspeanut - a young child who is small for his agepicaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black childposter child - a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes; "she was the poster child for muscular dystrophy"kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler - a child who attends a preschool or kindergartensilly - a word used for misbehaving children; "don't be a silly"sprog - a childbambino, toddler, yearling, tot - a young childurchin - poor and often mischievous city childstreet child, waif - a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned; "street children beg or steal in order to survive" |
Translationsfry2 (frai) noun a swarm of young, especially of fish. 魚苗等 鱼苗等small fry unimportant people or things. The local politicians are just small fry. 小人物 小人物small fry
small fry1. A small, young child (or children). An allusion to newly hatched fish. Can be singular or plural, and can also be pluralized as "small fries." There's a bouncy castle out the back for the small fry, and we have video games set up in the living room for the older kids. You're still just a small fry. When you're bigger, you can come skateboarding, too.2. By extension, trifling, unimportant, or inconsequential persons or things. I've been trying to raise my concerns about the project, but the company's upper management doesn't listen to small fry like me. The investigations have turned up small fries so far, but I think they're getting closer to the big money laundering scheme.See also: fry, smallsmall fry 1. Lit. newly hatched fish; small, juvenile fish. The catch was bad today. Nothing but small fry. 2. Fig. unimportant people. The police have only caught the small fry. The leader of the gang is still free. You people are just small fry! I want to talk to the boss. 3. Fig. children. Peter's taking the small fry to the zoo. We should take the small fry to the pantomime.See also: fry, smallsmall fry1. Young children, as in This show is not suitable for small fry. 2. 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] See also: fry, smallˈsmall fry (informal) people, groups or businesses that are not considered to be important or powerful: These local companies are only small fry compared to the huge multinationals. OPPOSITE: a big name/noise/shotSee also: fry, smallsmall fry1. n. anything or anyone small or unimportant. (Fry are juvenile fish.) Don’t worry about the small fry. You have to please the fat-cats. 2. n. small children. The small fries have eaten and are getting ready for bed. See also: fry, smallEncyclopediaSeefrysmall fry
Synonyms for small frynoun someone who is small and insignificantSynonymsRelated Words- nobody
- nonentity
- cypher
- cipher
noun a young person of either sexSynonyms- child
- kid
- minor
- nipper
- tiddler
- youngster
- tike
- shaver
- nestling
- fry
- tyke
Related Words- child's body
- juvenile
- juvenile person
- bairn
- buster
- changeling
- child prodigy
- infant prodigy
- wonder child
- foster child
- foster-child
- fosterling
- scamp
- imp
- monkey
- rapscallion
- rascal
- scalawag
- scallywag
- kiddy
- orphan
- peanut
- picaninny
- piccaninny
- pickaninny
- poster child
- kindergartener
- kindergartner
- preschooler
- silly
- sprog
- bambino
- toddler
- yearling
- tot
- urchin
- street child
- waif
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