small fry

• Umgangssprachlicher Ausdruck für jemanden oder etwas Unbedeutendes, Unwichtiges oder Geringfügiges; oft für eine Person niedrigen Ranges oder eine kleine, unbedeutende Sache oder Person verwendet.

An informal term referring to someone or something that is insignificant, unimportant, or of little consequence, often used to describe a person of low rank or a minor issue.

1. Unimportant person or thingB2informal

   A person or thing considered insignificant or of little importance.

   kleiner Fisch

   • The police arrested the small fry, but the real criminals got away.
   • In the world of big business, he was just small fry.
   • Don't worry about those small fry; focus on the main issue.

2. B1informal

   Used to refer to young children, often in a playful or dismissive way.

   Kleine Kinder

   • The party is for adults only, no small fry allowed.
   • She took the small fry to the park for a picnic.
   • The small fry were playing in the garden while the adults talked.