small fry
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small fry
n.
1. Small children.
2. Young or small fish.
3. People or things regarded as unimportant.
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small fry
pl n
1. people or things regarded as unimportant
2. young children
3. (Zoology) young or small fishes
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
small′ fry`
n.pl.
1. very young children.
2. unimportant persons or things.
3. small or young fish.
[1895–1900]
small′-fry`, adj.
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Noun | 1. | small fry - someone who is small and insignificant |
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's body - the body of a human child juvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developed bairn - a child: son or daughter buster - a robust child changeling - a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child - a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age; "Mozart was a child prodigy" kiddy - a young child orphan - a child who has lost both parents peanut - a young child who is small for his age poster 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" silly - a word used for misbehaving children; "don't be a silly" sprog - a child urchin - poor and often mischievous city child street child, waif - a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned; "street children beg or steal in order to survive" |
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Translations
صِغار الناس، ناس قليلو الأهَميَّه
malé ryby
småfisk
kisemberek
lítilfjörlegur maîur, valdalítill hópur
malé ryby
önemsiz kişiler/şeyler
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
fry2
(frai) noun a swarm of young, especially of fish.
small fry unimportant people or things. The local politicians are just small fry.
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