A performer who acts as stooge to a comedian.
Someone who serves in a subordinate capacity or plays a secondary role.
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Examples for "second fiddle "
Examples for "second fiddle "
1 Playing second fiddle , the EU and the UN can stamp and shout.
2 Yes, but we determined that these will play second fiddle to climbing.
3 Communion playing second fiddle to the civil rights movement and urban renewal.
4 The young assistant district attorney lounging by the table played second fiddle .
5 Their interplay was commendable even though they were always playing second fiddle .
1 But what is unquestionable is Harry is no longer playing second banana .
2 But why make a big deal about a lousy second banana ?
3 Pour remaining custard mixture over the second banana layer.
4 Asher was his second banana , his vampire lieutenant.
5 Brian Murray and John Pankow are like an ancient Roman Laurel and Hardy as the pompous actor Strabo and his second banana Pelargon, respectively.
6 Late-night talk show host Craig Ferguson routinely mocks CBS for being too cheap to pay for decent lighting, a band or a second banana .
7 Tom Brady was destined to be a career second banana until Drew Bledsoe's internal bleeding set him on the path to three Super Bowl wins.
8 But playing second banana to a strutting young chancellor who can't conceal his contempt for an old stager associated with the "loser" years of Blair?
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