| 单词 | little fish in a big pond |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslittle fish in a big pond little fish n. colloquial a person or thing of relatively little importance or significance, esp. in little 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 larger group or more populous environment; = small fish n. at small adj. and n.2 Compounds 4; 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 1846 Satirist 27 Dec. 7/3 The master of hounds counted time, and when the proper moment arrived Joe ordered, how we little fish swim, his huntsman to throw off the hounds. 1888 Harvard Advocate 26 Oct. 19/1 A jocose person upon hearing of Jerry's removal asked him if he liked better to be a large fish in a small puddle than to be a little fish in a big puddle. 1903 N.Y. Times 20 Apr. 5/3 Is it better to be a big fish in a little pond or a little fish in a big pond? 1975 S. Zukin Beyond Marx & Tito iv. 126 When I ask her about her non-involvement in political life, she says, I'm just a little fish. 1989 J. C. Hefley Truth in Crisis IV. vi. 105 My husband attended many of the conventions..and often came home very upset. He felt he was only a little fish in a big pond. 2006 Washington Post (Nexis) 20 Oct. g9 In the United States, it [sc. Suzuki] is a little fish in a big pond, perhaps more widely known for its motorcycles than its cars and sport utility vehicles. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。