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Meanings of small fry in English
Synonyms
Examples for "child"
Examples for "child"
1
Social workers prepare to investigate a record number of child abuse cases.
2
Others limit provision to families in crisis referred by child protection services.
3
When a child experiences violence at home, they learn to tolerate violence.
4
The government is moving to set child poverty reduction targets into law.
5
Opposition parties and child welfare groups blamed the Government for this situation.
1
I shook his hand and said, 'Goodbye, Charlie.' 'Goodbye, kid,' he says.
2
It didn't have the new age, albeit familiar sound of good kid.
3
I was just a kid; I didn't question why he was home.
4
It's as easy as losin' your kid's child support money in Vegas.
5
He was also just a good mannerable kid -youknow, raised right.
1
The victim suffered minor injuries, New York Police Sergeant John Buthorn said.
2
That said; there's a propensity to underestimate a temporary or minor problem.
3
However, they may also point to minor myocardial injury in other circumstances.
4
They thought it was important enough to override minor political constraints-theirwords.
5
However, it said it expects eventual losses to production to be minor.
1
The message is clear: Nunavut is not the place for small fry.
2
Season and slice red fish; roll in flour and fry until brown.
3
Dip in milk then in seasoned flour, and fry in hot fat.
4
Dip in egg, roll in crumbs and fry in smoking hot fat.
5
Roll the cleaned fish in seasoned flour and fry in deep fat.
1
The youngster took the note, and with much labor read the following:--
2
Darvo is a child's name, the youngster said; then he suddenly flushed.
3
And it's producing great music in the form of youngster Iwan B.
4
He answered in the affirmative, and a youngster stepped into the room.
5
The driver of the car would probably have dodged the youngster anyway.
1
In it was a glass globe, nestling in fine grey tissue paper.
2
She found Susan in the bed and nestling comfortably into the pillows.
3
She was nestling up to him in a trustful sort of way.
4
And so the leaf stopped sighing, but went on nestling and singing.
5
Half-way up was a large wooden building, nestling in a grassy cove.
1
The man groaned and said the young shaver had done for him.
2
I'll get a tidy reward for taking you back, my young shaver.
3
You wouldn't like to see the shaver starting off for India, Nellie?
4
He sold that business off to return to the electric shaver.
5
The shaver was actually a scanning device used to detect bugs.
1
And then a young man always knows when he can tyke advantage.
2
Back then, he was a wee tyke, barely into the double digits.
3
Weel, there was a bit tyke i' the kirkyaird twa days syne.
4
If it does, then the little tyke usually can get a drink.
5
Why, 'e'd fire on a nurse or an ambulanche, that tyke would.
1
Gravely he dismissed the hypothesis of Stevie being a drunken young nipper.
2
He lurched around sightlessly, still swinging and thrusting out his nipper stick.
3
You should have heard that nipper say ''Arf a mo', old un!'
4
Rat's meal! Spitefully he retaliated by deliberately using his nipper stick.
5
One veteran nipper, Brian Thorne, told me, Everyone has a skill.
1
The Sun is enormous, but compared to some stars it's a tiddler
2
Garcia practically sprints up and whacks his tiddler in without ceremony.
3
If it comes up easily it's an empty half shell or a tiddler.
4
They would do well to keep watching another tiddler: Finland.
5
Oh yes, that'll be about right, it's Sergio missing a tiddler birdie chance at 10.
1
I don't tike you going with a stranger, under the circumstances.
2
Just set one gentleman down, and 'appy to tike another up.
3
First, he didn't need a couple of wise-ass kids tike us ruining his business.
4
But you should learn to tike the larger view.
5
Tom remembered seeing those green walls forming around him, flying together tike pieces of clouds.
Usage of small fry in English
1
The message is clear: Nunavut is not the place for small fry.
2
Oh, of course it isn't practical to bother about the small fry.
3
The small fry, startled out of caution, were tittering in hysterical excitement.
4
This small fry I take to be the top of their fishery.
5
But the small fry, such as you, will not get a shilling.
6
All of them were independents or small fry in a larger organization.
7
All three were small fry, almost insignificant in the big scheme, though.
8
Net the large fish, and you're sure to have the small fry.'
9
Put sugar and water into a small fry pan and caramelise.
10
The small fry skirted him as they went out through the school gates.
11
Though I fancy my own small fry bear a valiant part in them.
12
After we land him it will be easier to get the small fry.
13
I assure you I am considered very small fry, indeed, in this household.
14
Because no one was intentionally wasting missiles on such small fry, no doubt.
15
They wanted a change from seals and bears, walruses and such small fry.
16
But being nibbled on by a school of small fry was beneath me.
This collocation consists of:
Small fry through the time
Small fry across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common