small fry in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for small fry in the English»Bulgarian Dictionary

small fry N inf

to be small fry

дребна риба

Translations for small fry in the Bulgarian»English Dictionary

дребна/едра риба

small fry/big shot

някой е дребна риба

sb is small fry

Translations for small fry in the English»Bulgarian Dictionary

I.fry¹ <-ie-> [fraɪ] VB trans

fry

пържа

II.fry¹ <-ie-> [fraɪ] VB intr

1. fry (be cooked):

fry

пържа се

2. fry inf (get burnt):

fry

изпържвам се

fry

изгарям

fry² Am, fry-up N Brit

would you like fry for breakfast?

искаш ли пържени неща за закуска?

I.small [smɔːl] ADJ

1. small (not large):

small

малък

small person

дребен

2. small (young):

small

малък

3. small (insignificant):

small

незначителен

small merchant [or trader] ECON

дребен търговец [o. производител]

on a small scale

в малък мащаб

in his/her own small way

скромно

4. small TYPO, LIT:

small letter

малък

with a small ‘a’

с малко „а”

Phrases:

you should be grateful for small mercies

трябва да бъдеш благодарен за това, което имаш

it's a small world prov

светът е малък prov

II.small [smɔːl] N no pl

the small of the back

кръстът m

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

But this is small fry compared with the cost of kennels or pet sitters.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Furthermore, even our greatest achievements are small fry in the grand scheme of things.

www.ft.com

All the small fry will be well out of the championship by then.

www.independent.ie

And yet, as recent sales go, both seem like small fry.

www.independent.co.uk

But he is small fry: others survive and prosper.

theconversation.com

Some small fry will get burned but the big players will retain their status in the game and, of course, their very healthy bank balances.

www.independent.ie

But that's small fry when it comes to managing the formations, movement and distance of your fleets.

www.kotaku.com.au

Often, small fry trade what they know about bigger fish to shave years off prison sentences.

www.theglobeandmail.com

You can also fly fish for perch and many good perch have been caught this way by using patterns that imitate small fry or invertebrates.

en.wikipedia.org

We were the small fry in the category.

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