“big fish”

The following 2 entries include the term big fish.

a big fish in a little pond

noun phrase

: a person who is very well known or important in a small group of people but who is not known or important outside that group

a big fish in a small pond

noun phrase

: a person who is very well known or important in a small group of people but who is not known or important outside that group


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