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Definition of small fry in English: small fryplural noun 1Insignificant people or things. he was small fry and privy to nothing Example sentencesExamples - What we did hear in the select committee was that there is a lack of interest among the law lords for sitting on the Privy Council, because as far as they are concerned it is small fry.
- And the small fry depend less on last-minute, high-fare business travelers who were already pulling back.
- Some of those companies are big fish, and others are small fry.
- The small fry battle the giants by selling ultracheap laptops
- If they were caught, then only small fry were involved.
- Even as the big guys muscle in, small fry are also proliferating.
- The top three players control less than a third of the market, with more than 200 small fry splitting the balance.
- The independent small fry who earn money exclusively from their advice and gold-plated connections once thrived in the lucrative merger business.
- In the early eighties he was constructing a career making case, building a pyramid, tying some small fry Panamanian drug dealers to their higher ups.
- Otherwise however big a breed of fish we are, we fare no better than the small fry simply because we all take the bait.
- Little did Kaleb know that he, as a small fry, was going to get an ‘assistant’ in the form of Donald, his father's very own right-hand man.
- Disproportionately geared toward catching and jailing the poor and minorities, America's war on drugs has also proven to be especially good at rounding up the small fry while letting the big fish off the hook.
- Some small fry are also being pushed into a growing throng of so-called orphans, companies for which investment banks no longer issue analysts' research although they took them public.
- There is certainly no disapproval of the relationship, but then I work in an environment where there are several adulterous relationships going on and this current one is small fry!
- There is no way the Crown Prosecution Service can stick the loans scandal merely on the small fry.
- From the way in which he deals with his clients over the phone, Stu comes across as arrogant, shrewd and terribly ambitious, pretending to be a part of the big league, when all he actually is, is small fry.
- ‘He was relatively a small fry,’ says Geis, commenting on Kopper's role as the outsider.
- And that leaves the economic field open to domination by the faster growing, more ecologically destructive players - and elimination of the small fry.
- The U.S. expansion is what allowed small fry to get by.
- Most of the enemies are small fry compared to the bosses.
- For more than a decade, the small fry stayed away.
- But this strategy has sometimes backfired when small fry didn't play along.
- She was one of the youngest members in the Dance Club after all, small fry and unimportant.
- Holt was never content to stop with these small fry.
- This gives them stock portfolio insurance, something which small fry players would obviously like to get, but can't find anyone willing to issue.
- In the thirties Evelyn Waugh was considered small fry compared to a major writer such as Charles Morgan who means nothing to 21st century readers.
- Instead of one-size-fits-all, the firm will tailor investment advice to each market segment, from millionaires to small fry.
- That's trivial to giants but a major incentive for small fry.
- The trading scandal spreading through the $7 trillion industry is revealing more than just trading abuses that enriched insiders and big investors at the small fry's expense.
- Still, Stanley is small fry in the realm of corporate governance and executive compensation fiascos.
- Most of the small fry don't do investment banking business with companies, so they have less reason to placate company management with positive recommendations.
Synonyms insignificant person, lightweight, mediocrity, nobody, gnat, insect, cipher 2Young fish. undersized whiting and other small fry Example sentencesExamples - Scientists fear a whole generation of fish may have been wiped out as many small fry were killed.
- That's a problem, because many of the small fry perish on their journey to adulthood - and scientists and fishermen would like to know why.
- Oreochromis species are mouth brooders and usually produce quite small fry batches.
- Rights are undermined, justice usurped, and adult privileges yielded for the sake of a small fry's fragile psyche and ability to grow up worry free.
- We were surrounded instead by scores of other boats, all equally idle, and the only fish I saw all day were the silvery small fry used for bait, swimming in tight circles in their holding tank.
- For example, Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum and Cichlasoma citrinellum are able to discriminate their own small fry from those of other species.
- Now researchers are wondering if the compound might also cut down on waterborne fungi that destroy catfish eggs before they can hatch into small fry.
- A couple of set-top games for the small fry and DVD-ROM links to more games online round out the first disc.
- Superstitious by nature, the Yamis distribute each catch according to size and color; brightly colored fish for the women, dark colored fish for the men, and small fry for the kids.
- Will tyke-friendly hair salons make big money tending to small fry with over-grown bangs?
- Listening to vintage Bob Marley tunes by moonlight while Clare and Danny joined other small fry on the dance floor made me realize that there are moments when parents on vacation can have their cake and eat it, too.
- The seabirds prey on the flying fish, needlefish, and assorted small fry which hide in the ripples of the surface.
- If you only open your case up occasionally, the door is fine, and may keep a curious small fry from poking modeling clay or glue sticks into your slot-drive DVD-ROM.
- Rough season conceal the shoals of small fry upon which they survive.
Definition of small fry in US English: small fryplural nounˈsmôl ˌfrīˈsmɔl ˌfraɪ 1Insignificant people or things. high-ranking officials escaped prosecution while numerous small fry were imprisoned Example sentencesExamples - Otherwise however big a breed of fish we are, we fare no better than the small fry simply because we all take the bait.
- Little did Kaleb know that he, as a small fry, was going to get an ‘assistant’ in the form of Donald, his father's very own right-hand man.
- The trading scandal spreading through the $7 trillion industry is revealing more than just trading abuses that enriched insiders and big investors at the small fry's expense.
- And that leaves the economic field open to domination by the faster growing, more ecologically destructive players - and elimination of the small fry.
- And the small fry depend less on last-minute, high-fare business travelers who were already pulling back.
- If they were caught, then only small fry were involved.
- For more than a decade, the small fry stayed away.
- Some small fry are also being pushed into a growing throng of so-called orphans, companies for which investment banks no longer issue analysts' research although they took them public.
- Most of the small fry don't do investment banking business with companies, so they have less reason to placate company management with positive recommendations.
- What we did hear in the select committee was that there is a lack of interest among the law lords for sitting on the Privy Council, because as far as they are concerned it is small fry.
- There is no way the Crown Prosecution Service can stick the loans scandal merely on the small fry.
- From the way in which he deals with his clients over the phone, Stu comes across as arrogant, shrewd and terribly ambitious, pretending to be a part of the big league, when all he actually is, is small fry.
- In the early eighties he was constructing a career making case, building a pyramid, tying some small fry Panamanian drug dealers to their higher ups.
- Instead of one-size-fits-all, the firm will tailor investment advice to each market segment, from millionaires to small fry.
- But this strategy has sometimes backfired when small fry didn't play along.
- She was one of the youngest members in the Dance Club after all, small fry and unimportant.
- Holt was never content to stop with these small fry.
- The U.S. expansion is what allowed small fry to get by.
- Even as the big guys muscle in, small fry are also proliferating.
- In the thirties Evelyn Waugh was considered small fry compared to a major writer such as Charles Morgan who means nothing to 21st century readers.
- That's trivial to giants but a major incentive for small fry.
- The independent small fry who earn money exclusively from their advice and gold-plated connections once thrived in the lucrative merger business.
- Most of the enemies are small fry compared to the bosses.
- The small fry battle the giants by selling ultracheap laptops
- This gives them stock portfolio insurance, something which small fry players would obviously like to get, but can't find anyone willing to issue.
- Still, Stanley is small fry in the realm of corporate governance and executive compensation fiascos.
- Some of those companies are big fish, and others are small fry.
- ‘He was relatively a small fry,’ says Geis, commenting on Kopper's role as the outsider.
- Disproportionately geared toward catching and jailing the poor and minorities, America's war on drugs has also proven to be especially good at rounding up the small fry while letting the big fish off the hook.
- The top three players control less than a third of the market, with more than 200 small fry splitting the balance.
- There is certainly no disapproval of the relationship, but then I work in an environment where there are several adulterous relationships going on and this current one is small fry!
Synonyms insignificant person, lightweight, mediocrity, nobody, gnat, insect, cipher 2Young fish, animals, or children. Example sentencesExamples - We were surrounded instead by scores of other boats, all equally idle, and the only fish I saw all day were the silvery small fry used for bait, swimming in tight circles in their holding tank.
- A couple of set-top games for the small fry and DVD-ROM links to more games online round out the first disc.
- If you only open your case up occasionally, the door is fine, and may keep a curious small fry from poking modeling clay or glue sticks into your slot-drive DVD-ROM.
- The seabirds prey on the flying fish, needlefish, and assorted small fry which hide in the ripples of the surface.
- Scientists fear a whole generation of fish may have been wiped out as many small fry were killed.
- Now researchers are wondering if the compound might also cut down on waterborne fungi that destroy catfish eggs before they can hatch into small fry.
- Superstitious by nature, the Yamis distribute each catch according to size and color; brightly colored fish for the women, dark colored fish for the men, and small fry for the kids.
- For example, Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum and Cichlasoma citrinellum are able to discriminate their own small fry from those of other species.
- Rights are undermined, justice usurped, and adult privileges yielded for the sake of a small fry's fragile psyche and ability to grow up worry free.
- That's a problem, because many of the small fry perish on their journey to adulthood - and scientists and fishermen would like to know why.
- Rough season conceal the shoals of small fry upon which they survive.
- Will tyke-friendly hair salons make big money tending to small fry with over-grown bangs?
- Listening to vintage Bob Marley tunes by moonlight while Clare and Danny joined other small fry on the dance floor made me realize that there are moments when parents on vacation can have their cake and eat it, too.
- Oreochromis species are mouth brooders and usually produce quite small fry batches.
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