Definition
One or more relatively small and insignificant individuals or things of relatively little consequence, importance, or value.
Origins
From small + fry, first use appears c. 1577, in the publications of John Dee.
In Context
- "The police did not arrest the drug dealer since he was a small fry compared to his boss."
- "These slot machines are just the small fry. The big games are in the back room."
Also Said As
- small potatoes
- minnow
- nobody
- no one