small fry
Noun

small fry

  1. One or more small or immature fish.
  2. (informal) One or more children.
  3. (idiomatic) One or more persons or things of relatively little consequence, importance, or value.
    The police did not arrest the drug dealer since he was small fry compared to his boss.
    These slot machines are just the small fry. The big games are in the back room.
Synonyms Translations
  • Russian: малёк
Translations
  • Russian: детвора́
Translations
  • French: menu fretin
  • German: kleine Fische
  • Russian: ме́лочь
  • Spanish: don nadie



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