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Meanings of small fry in English
Synonyms
Examples for "squirt"
Examples for "squirt"
1
Whatever you do, don't forget a generous squirt of the local mustard.
2
Her manager judged of her excellently; she certainly sang like a squirt.
3
He stopped abruptly, and a squirt of laughter burst from the butcher.
4
The divers squirt the toxin in the reef to stun the fish.
5
Also forcible, impressibly forcible-withthe force of a squirt of tobacco juice.
1
Little pip-squeak, I shall wallop his scrawny hide to ribbons.
2
Listen, you little pip-squeak, I am coming down there.
3
You scared of that pip-squeak?
4
He measured and remeasured it in his laboratory weekly, but it persisted, a pip-squeak of a number that wouldn't go away.
5
The "pip-squeak" is a shell that starts with a silly "pip", goes on with a sillier "squeeeeee", and goes off with a man's-size bang.
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