small fry

noun

1. （相比较之下）不重要的人（或事物）
   people or things that are considered unimportant compared to sb/sth else
   1. That's small fry to her.
      对她来说，那不值一提。
   2. People like us are small fry to such a large business.
      对于这样一家大公司来说，我们这样的人不过是小鱼小虾。

1. N-UNCOUNT 不重要的小角色;小人物;无关紧要的东西
   Small fry is used to refer to someone or something that is considered to be unimportant.
   1. What they owe to the Inland Revenue is small fry compared to the overall £1.2 million debt...
      与 120 万英镑的总债务相比，他们所欠国内税收署的那点钱实在不算什么。
   2. It's the small fry who are usually the last to get paid.
      小人物往往是最后才拿到酬金。

1. What they owe to the Inland Revenue is small fry compared to the overall £ 1.2 million debt
   与120万英镑的总债务相比，他们所欠国内税收署的那点钱实在不算什么。
2. It's the small fry who are usually the last to get paid.
   小人物往往是最后才拿到酬金。
3. Perhaps his statements are a warning shot: maybe more small guys will fry.
   或许霍尔德的话是个警告，意思是说也许可以更多地抓些小鱼小虾。
4. In the consumer-web industry, the landscape has been largely divided between the big fish and the small fry.
   人们谈得最多的要么是谷歌（Google）和Facebook这样的大企业，要么是炙手可热的小创业公司。
5. But the Mac is still a small fry compared to the iPhone.
   但相比于iPhone，Mac仍是无关大局。
6. When arrests are made, they are typically of small fry.
   当进行搜捕时，他们根本够不上被捕条件。
7. When you go there make sure you deal with the sales manager, not any of the small fry who work for him.
   你到那里时，务必同销售经理打交道，别同那些为他工作的小人物们打交道。
8. But the ones we've caught are small fry.
   但是我们抓到的都是一些小喽罗。
9. Your worst nightmare. a small fry with a big attitude.
   你们的大恶梦，有靓姿势的小鱼。
10. You? You're nothing but a small fry. I need to talk to someone a lot more important if I want some help.
    你？你不过是个无名小辈罢了。如果我需要帮忙的！话，我会找一个很重要的人物来做的。
11. These local companies are only small fry compared with the huge multinationals.
    同那些跨国公司比，这些当地的公司不过是小鱼小虾。
12. No one in the courtroom, including fritzsche, seemed to know why he was there he was too small a fry unless it were as a ghost for goebbels, and he was acquitted.
    看来法庭上所有的人，连他本人在内，都不明白为什么这么一个小脚色也在那里，除非是把他看作是戈培尔的幽灵。后来他被开释了。
13. He remembered he had once said the great trust had overlooked his little enterprise, distaining to plunder such small fry.
    他记得自己有一回说过，这个大托拉斯有意放过他这门小本经纪，不屑吞这种小鱼。
14. They are but small fry.
    他们只不过是无名小贾。
15. After that Maria dropped back into her old obscurity and Martin began to notice the respectful manner in which he was regarded by the small fry of the neighborhood.
    于是玛利亚又回于原先的默默无闻，而马丁却忽然发现四周的娃娃们对自己肃然起敬了。
16. Thepolicehavefailed to catch the leaders of the gang, although they have arrested some of the small fry.
    尽管警察逮捕了一些小喽罗，但他们没有抓住团伙的头目。
17. Though aimed at small fry, plenty of sophisticated investors would be in with a chance.
    尽管本次的目标人选定位于小鱼小虾，但相当多的业内巨蛟也颇有获奖可能。
18. I told the small fry to stay put while I went to the call box.
    我告诉他站在那里别动，我去电话亭打电话。
19. The small fry have to wait patiently.
    小人物们必须耐心等待。

noun

1. a young person of either sex
   1. she writes books for children
   2. they're just kids
   3. `tiddler' is a British term for youngster

   Synonym:    childkidyoungsterminorshavernippertiddlertiketykefrynestling

2. someone who is small and insignificant

   Synonym:    pip-squeaksquirt