Translations for „small fry“ in the English » German Dictionary

ˈsmall fry N no pl, + sing/pl vb inf

1. small fry (children):

small fry

junges Gemüse hum

2. small fry (unimportant people):

small fry

kleine Fische inf

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

small fry

kleine Fische inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The roe was transplanted to safe pens for incubation and to guard the small fry from predators.

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

www.ft.com

If she was prepared to abort her baby under pressure, then speeding points would have seemed like small fry.

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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.

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We were the small fry in the category.

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But it really galls me that the big business types frame the issues involved as protecting the small fry, when they are only protecting themselves.

patentlyo.com

Clash has perhaps been seen as small fry in the past, compared to longer-standing magazines sharing shelf space, naming no names.

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But this is small fry when compared to the phenomenon of "vaguebooking".

www.telegraph.co.uk

But he is small fry: others survive and prosper.

theconversation.com

These small fry already operate on thin profit margins and it's questionable how viable they'd be if the market mortgage deteriorated.

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