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Fish in garden ponds are also at risk.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
One day we were so muddy that we decided we'd throw ourselves in the duck pond.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
For those people it might have been better to have gone to a different university and been a bigger fish in a smaller pond.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Maybe they're big fish in a small pond and that's the way they like it.
The Sun (2016)
It was evident she viewed this as a minor ripple on the big pond of life.
Christianity Today (2000)
The lane crosses a pond and the bridge has been damaged.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The main threat to fish in lakes and ponds is going to be oxygen starvation.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
In the end they had to be caught and taken to a larger pond.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They have a garden and live near a duck pond where people walk dogs.
The Sun (2011)
Not so much a big fish in a small pond as a whale in a puddle.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This may not be the intention on either side of the pond.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The many pools and ponds are reminders of the original course of the river.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
How long will it be before the ads cross the pond?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He had a large pond in the back.
The Sun (2010)
The sheltered garden has a large duck pond.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Is he resigned to remaining the biggest fish in a relatively small pond?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The evidence from both sides of the pond points to quite the opposite.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Cut into the patio is a large pond to reflect yet more light back into the building.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Big fish in a small pond or small fish in a big pond?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Your choice of marginal plants will depend on what style you want and how big your pond is.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
These plans are being used to lay out the new rose garden and a pond by the main lawn.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Let those folk with fish farms, lakes and ponds erect some fencing.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
You can fill ponds, paddling pools and swimming pools.
The Sun (2010)
We're still a small fish in a big pond.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Best news of all is that there's no rush to cross the pond.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Is it possible to avoid lakes and ponds until she's a little older?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
I particularly like the suggestion of using it to line a garden pond.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In other languages
pond
British English: pond /pɒnd/ NOUN
A pond is a small, usually man-made, area of water.
...a garden pond.
American English: pond
Arabic: بِرْكَة
Brazilian Portuguese: lago
Chinese: 池塘
Croatian: ribnjak
Czech: rybník
Danish: dam
Dutch: vijver
European Spanish: estanque
Finnish: lampi
French: mare
German: Teich
Greek: λιμνούλα
Italian: stagno
Japanese: 池
Korean: 연못
Norwegian: tjern
Polish: staw sadzawka
European Portuguese: lago
Romanian: iaz
Russian: пруд
Latin American Spanish: estanque
Swedish: damm
Thai: สระน้ำ
Turkish: gölcük
Ukrainian: ставок
Vietnamese: ao
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All related terms of 'pond'
dew pond
a shallow pond , usually man-made , that is kept supplied with water by dew and condensation
duck pond
a pond for ducks
fish pond
an ornamental pond in a garden , which has fish in it
pond life
the animals that live in ponds
pond lily
→ waterlily
pond scum
a greenish layer floating on the surface of stagnant waters , consisting of various freshwater algae
stew pond
a fishpond or fishtank
pond hockey
ice hockey played on a frozen pond
pond-skater
any of various heteropterous insects of the family Gerrididae, esp Gerris lacustris ( common pond-skater ), having a slender hairy body and long hairy legs with which they skim about on the surface of ponds
pond snail
a general term for the freshwater snails : often specifically for the great pond snail ( Limnaea stagnalis ) and others of that genus. L . truncatula is a host of the liver fluke
solar pond
a shallow , stagnant pool of, usually, saltwater , that is heated by the sun and used to store solar energy , to extract salts from seawater , etc.
Walden Pond
pond in E Mass., near Concord : site of Thoreau's cabin (1845-47)
herring-pond
→ the herring-pond
fire water pond
A fire water pond is an area of water which is kept so it can be used if there is a fire.
the herring-pond
the Atlantic Ocean
a big fish in a small pond
If you say that someone is a big fish in a small pond , you mean that they are powerful or important but only within a small group of people.
Chinese translation of 'pond'
pond
(pɔnd)
n(c)
池塘 (chítáng) (个(個), gè)
(noun)
Definition
a pool of still water
youths skating on the frozen village pond
Synonyms
pool
Beautiful gardens filled with pools and fountains.