| 单词 | small fry |
| 例句 | In those bygone days a bishop visited the Milagro parish about once every five years, and when the bishop came he confirmed all the small fry in town. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The arrests netted only a few small fry, but the Nazis now knew that their codes had been broken. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Mind you, “For Colored Girls” is not aimed at small fry; its collection of verse monologues contains plenty of talk of grown-up sex, physical violence and emotional trauma. Review: ‘For Colored Girls’ Returns, Leading With Joy 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z So much cinema is content with minor themes and manageable topics — small fry. Cannes 2014 review: Leviathan - a new Russian masterpiece 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z This kid is way more entertaining than the small fry on TV today. When the Boy Next Door Was Evil 2011-03-06T01:44:59Z But the overall winner for London, for the number of interactions and the most popular designer photo, was no small fry at all. Ranked by Instagram: The Latest Men’s Wear Shows 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z When they were small fry, my husband and I used to wonder if the great affluence in which they grew up would spoil them. Is The Atlantic making us stupid? 2012-09-10T16:26:00Z I saw spring and summer run salmon in different stages of maturity, from just-hatched eggs to small fry that were still too young to be fed. Outdoor writer Dave Graybill visits Colville Tribal Salmon Hatchery 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z Now the idea that two spunky small fry could successfully fight against the influence of money in politics feels decidedly quaint. | 'Born Yesterday': Daffy Blonde Gets Wise to Washington 2011-04-25T02:01:07Z Compared with some of my friends’ parents, who took part in drumming circles and grew their own weed, they were small fry. The hippy is back: not so cool if you remember it the first time round 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z The local small fry rarely earn a second glance — Bagel the Chiweenie with her “redrum” bark, for example. But larger, dopier dogs set her off. Are we good girls yet? My adventures in “modern dog parenting” 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z He’s still a small fry in the hip-hop economy. Critic’s Notebook: Chief Keef’s New Album is ‘Finally Rich’ 2012-12-19T23:07:51Z Witherspoon's Bradley is the small fry who joins forces with Alex, the bigger fish, to bring down a great white shark. "The Morning Show" shifts to cover the pandemic, but still needs a shot in the arm to find its soul 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z He likes to make movies where the little guy is up against it, where the small fry are going to need a champion, a deus ex machina. Hey, cowboy 2010-04-25T23:06:00Z Instead of the Federal Bureau of Investigations' agents working their way up from the small fry conspirators to hook the big fish, they bagged the whale first and snagged other large fish from there. Matthew Modine (and his wig) star in Netflix's diverting "College Admissions" true crime recreation 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z It is a classic Tweety Pie scene, the sweet revenge of the small fry. What lies beneath 2011-06-09T10:33:59Z But that’s all small fry compared with the worries I have about my “motherhood” diaries. Sex, drugs, honeymoon, motherhood – what if my child reads my diaries? 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z All season long, starting with an opening road loss to Anaheim and most recently last month in a 4-0 loss at San Jose, the Kraken have let the small fry push them around. Analysis: Three thoughts entering the Kraken’s game at San Jose 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z The emphasis was not on eliminating war and injustice but on features that might help us cosmic small fry to navigate the vicissitudes of “life.” Let’s Hack the Universe 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z The department clearly has its sights on Trump, though it hasn’t confirmed an investigation and to date has been busy prosecuting nearly 1,000 rioters and coup-plotters — the small fry. Column: The Jan. 6 committee did the country proud but it hasn't changed our calcified politics 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z King County officials released 2,800 very small fry in February. A Lake Sammamish salmon species has dwindled. Can this emergency hatchery effort save them? 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Cricket is small fry in Milpitas, located in Silicon Valley, but it’s the only sport that matters in India, so down to a baseball park they went to play cricket. US cricket team one win from reaching first World Cup 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z They are among the hundreds of thousands to have watched TikTok videos praising the premises, with a song about it also ensuring the business is no small fry. Binley Mega Chippy becomes a surprise TikTok star 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z “Many times we see assets recovery and confiscation of the small fry, whereas the big sharks find ways to evade.” EU seeks more clout against sanctioned Russian oligarchs 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z "It might seem like small fry in the great scheme of things, but actually they've had a huge knock," she said. Covid: Generation of musicians 'devastated' by restrictions 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z He explained how massive, complex criminal investigations proceed: Prosecutors work from the bottom up, from the small fry to the big fish. Opinion | Trump must have his day in court for his crimes on Jan. 6 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z “It’s relatively small fry compared to those major sources of coal consumption like electric power and industry,” said Cecilia Han Springer, a senior researcher at Boston University’s Global China Initiative. A novel way to reduce emissions? China tries confiscating coal from households. 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Though months-old pups feast on fish and other small fry, older juveniles are finally big enough to tackle seals and other meatier meals. To Err Is Human; To Mistakenly Bite Is Baby White Shark 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z “DoD is a tiny, small fry compared to their other business,” he said. ‘Blown up in their face:’ Death of Pentagon war cloud contract sparks questions about Amazon’s power 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Rock Hill is renowned for bringing up aspiring players through small fry teams and catapulting them into the pros. ‘Football City, USA’ killings raise sport safety concerns 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z If so, Simpson was a small fry compared to a man with a similar last name: Simkins. Perspective | In the numbers game of the 1950s, one man was on top: ‘Whitetop’ Simkins 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z "But even this is small fry compared with your travel, heating your home, and what you eat." Climate change: Can sending fewer emails really save the planet? 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z He, too, looks for outstanding specimens among the market’s small fry. Investors Posted Returns So Great They Seemed Wrong 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z Only small fry stood trial, a small set of fixers and assistant coaches. A ‘Drop the Mic’ Moment for a Man Who Paid College Basketball Recruits 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z Lawrence Brown, a youth coach who grew up with Adams and played on the same small fry team, said the killings changed his perspective. ‘Football City, USA’ killings raise sport safety concerns 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z Donald Trump held a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, last night which aimed more to rattle his Democratic opponents than the relative small fry running against him in his own party. US politics: Sanders and Buttigieg go head to head as Democrats vote in New Hampshire – live 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Now it can be exploited by small fry. Quick, cheap to make and loved by police – facial recognition apps are on the rise | John Naughton 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z Then there’s Granit Xhaka v The Emirates part II, as Arsenal host Wolves and the small fry of Liverpool going to Villa Park. Premier League team news, Stoke sack Nathan Jones and more – live! 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z The Mega Drive did OK in Japan but it was small fry – a cult machine. Sega Genesis at 30: the console that made the modern games industry 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z "I'm small fry, the police don't care about me," would be his father's response, James says. The man who became Britain's biggest crystal meth dealer 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z Armstrong’s ongoing gripe at the cycling authorities is how the big fish caught in the dopers’ net were made examples of while the small fry were “given complete passes”. Forget Tiger, Lance Armstrong may pull off biggest comeback of sport’s disgraced | Emma John 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z The Russian bid sees one of the Kremlin’s most capable and modern lieutenants unleashed on a sport that, frankly, seems small fry for him. Who will be king? Three-way battle for control rocks international chess 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z I assumed small fry meant the kind of french fries left at the bottom of the bag, cold and crusty; I thought he was calling me a runt, or misbegotten. The daughter Steve Jobs denied: ‘Clearly I was not compelling enough for my father' 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z A few years ago, WeWork’s business was comprised almost entirely of small fry. Big corporates’ quest to be hip is helping WeWork 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z They may be small fry swimming in the big pond but at least you’ll know they are present. Tour de France 2018: full team-by-team guide | Philippa York 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z Compared to that, everything else is small fry. The rise of Patreon – the website that makes Jordan Peterson $80k a month 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z In Spain, the government is focused not on Google or Facebook — nor prominent artists and politicians — but on small fry. Spanish rappers may go to prison for insulting the king, glorifying terrorists 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z Along with Disney, Sony and Universal, National Audio also works with a host of small fry. Springfield factory makes cassette tape 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z “What does Shari do? She looks like a small fry and the family has badly lagged the market in wealth creation over the decade,” said media analyst Michael Nathanson. After the Disney-Fox deal, smaller players like Paramount and MGM face pressure to bulk up 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z “Hospitals are very nervous about being small fry in the changing health care landscape,” said Leemore S. Dafny, a professor at Harvard Business School. Hospital Giants Vie for Patients in Effort to Fend Off New Rivals 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z In other words, on any valid comparison to established global financial institutions, Bitcoin is still small fry. Stop Talking About Bitcoin’s Market Cap 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z The small fry alone post 60,000 parcels to China every day. An army of Chinese shoppers dictates the fate of Australian brands 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Many analysts say that such investigations start with the small fry, working their way from the periphery toward the center. The 11 biggest victories against Trump by the resistance | Rebecca Solnit 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z The 13 percent of 2016 revenue it contributed is still small fry compared with the power and energy divisions’ 40 percent. Doing the heavy lifting: investors eye tech-tonic shifts for Europe’s industrials 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z "They are small fry doing highly visible projects," one Western diplomat tells me in his base inside the heavily protected international airport. Target Somalia: The new scramble for Africa? - BBC News 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z He came from “a sooty neighborhood” in Queens and took stock of events from the bottom up, always from the slant of the small fry. Columnist Jimmy Breslin, bard of the New York streets, dies at 88 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z But even the troublemakers here admit that what they get up to is small fry compared with what goes on in bigger cities. Swedish suburb becomes a part of the Trump media circus 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z No team is as ruthless in gobbling up the small fry, and from here, that is almost all that is left. Chelsea Nears a Championship by Excelling at the Predictable 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z The 13 percent of 2016 revenue it contributed is still small fry compared with the power and energy divisions’ 40 percent. Doing the heavy lifting: investors eye tech-tonic shifts for Europe’s industrials 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z But the Resolution Foundation think tank said their gains would be "small fry" compared with previously-announced cuts to the work allowance, which is the amount people can earn before they start to lose their benefits. Autumn Statement to include wages and house building announcements - BBC News 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Yet the Halloween event is small fry compared with the sort of massively multiplayer scenarios Niantic hinted at in the run-up to the launch of the game. Pokémon Go Halloween: can a spooky 'event' tempt people back to catch 'em all? 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Despite the world’s troubles, freeze-dried foods—$300 million in a good year—remain a small fry in the more than half trillion-dollar U.S. food industry. Bunker Food: Not Just for the Apocalypse Anymore 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z But the chances that these small fry will turn into big businesses are low. Window dressing 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Energy companies, both gigantic ones and small fry, are much more efficient now. Big Oil Deals: Don’t Hold Your Breath 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z “I used to think, like Sabeen, that we were really small fry. Who the hell cares about a hundred and twenty people sitting in a room talking, a bunch of like-minded losers?” A Pakistani Novelist Tests the Limits 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Now, however, this looks like small fry compared with the amount of spying on one another we do. Gucci geek chic is as close as fashion gets to feminism 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z The Democrats have the Democracy Alliance, but it's really a small fry right now in terms of the sheer amount of money. A Bright Light on Dark Money 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z These professionals, or sharks, use inside data or computer-generated programs to pick the pockets of small fry who think everyone is playing for fun. California Editorial Roundup 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Not only will their own balance sheets be in worse shape, but distress among small fry will force them to sell reserves. Big Oil Deals: Don’t Hold Your Breath 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z But the case of Etna Industrie is small fry compared to the scale of "fraude au president" across France as a whole. The 'bogus boss' email scam costing firms millions - BBC News 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z My fish are two small fry of millions who are New York City residents. The Verge Review of Animals: the goldfish 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z But with oil hovering below $50 a barrel, these small fry are reeling. Oil-Price Fight: Saudis vs. Strippers 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Compared with enterprise tech giants such as Microsoft and Cisco, Slack is a small fry. 'Ridiculous and amazing' Slack messaging app keeps human users in mind 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Let us now praise the small fry of small otters. A New Otter for Autumn 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Sometimes the small fry steals both prizes, as Maryland learned painfully when Bowling Green whipped the Terrapins on Saturday, 48-27. SNYDER: In college football, ‘guarantee’ games a degrading, debilitating affair 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z So far, Rapp said, the only cases prosecuted involve relative small fry such as a former member of the opposition Free Syrian Army tried in Sweden for crimes against a Syrian soldier. No Justice, No Peace, in Syria 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z It used to only the big gorillas like IBM and a bunch of small fry. The Death Of IBM? 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z “Justice has been done in relation to these men, but they were small fry,” said Norma Laguna, the mother of one of the victims named in the trial. Families of murdered Juárez women call for justice for corrupt officials 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Swarms of small fry will rush to feed in its crevices. Painful lessons must be learned by Europe: it will always need America to clean up its mess 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z In the Waco brawl, the Bandidos are the most important criminal outfit, he said, with the other members local small fry who are “very meaningless on a global scale”. Waco shootout: who are the Bandidos motorcycle gang? 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z He said he believed the Met should do more to tackle corruption among higher ranking officers, claiming: "Instead of looking where the real problem is, it's easier to look at the small fry." Met corruption case figures revealed 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z People who do end up in the dock are often seen by the public as small fry, too poor to buy freedom from prosecution. Nemtsov killing polarises Russian society 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z Voters clearly have doubts about Herzog, who has been defined by Israeli media — and Netanyahu — as a nice guy but a small fry. Meet the Israeli candidate who might beat ‘King Bibi’ 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z But surely the $220-million company will get a good return from its major leap of faith into the Big Game, one of a number of relative small fry that are taking the plunge this year. 'God Only Knows' What Mophie Mobile Power Is--Until Super Bowl 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z But Jihad Mughniyeh was small fry compared with the others killed. Israel Anticipates Hezbollah's Reaction 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z T-Mobile USA is the small fry among the big American phone carriers, but its moves continue to influence its competitors. Following T-Mobile, AT&T Allows Some Customers to Roll Over Unused Data 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z This began to change a decade ago with the appointment of another woman, Monica Macovei, as justice minister, which was followed by legislation that prevented the agency from pursuing only small fry. In a Soft-Spoken Romanian Prosecutor, Some See an ‘Earthquake’ 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z The self-dramatising, presentational talent, though it includes lowlifes and small fry like critics and weekly radio commentators, also includes fully equal kinds. Why are our obsessions never the things we're best at? 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z Today, in New York the average show gets around 14,000 views, while London peaks at only about 6,000 – according to research from September 2013 – small fry in a social media driven world. Hunter to partner with tech start-up Grabyo for real-time fashion show 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z But this is small fry compared to one in Littlehampton, West Sussex, which looks out over the sea. The curious world of street furniture 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Though the small fry complain about Monotype’s heft, demand for products from across the industry is growing. Ways with words 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z "China already has substantial influence in neighbouring Sri Lanka and Maldives is small fry in comparison," says JJ Robinson. Saudi Arabia's growing role in the Maldives 2014-03-24T00:12:35Z Being a small fry can have its advantages. Route 11 Potato Chips finds success as a cult favorite in a fiercely competitive market 2014-03-21T15:11:47Z The author is right by saying that in the contest between Russia and the EU, Moldova is a small fry. Moldova: Hostage in a geopolitical game 2013-11-19T12:34:59Z Michaella McCollum and Melissa Reid walked from the prison van in handcuffs But they are nearly all small fry, expendable players in a billion dollar trade. Strain shows on Peru drugs women 2013-09-25T02:20:25Z Reason for the trend: Large institutions, like endowments and pensions funds, are putting more money into alternative investments—and big dogs don’t deal with small fry. Hedge Funds: How They Invest Their $2.4 Trillion War Chest 2013-07-01T00:22:00Z Nevertheless, there’s no small fry rule at the IRS. Will IRS Find Your Small Foreign Bank Account? 2013-06-25T18:05:00Z Google faces a French fine of up to 300,000 euros - small fry compared with Google's first quarter revenues of $14bn. France, Spain investigate Google 2013-06-20T17:02:12Z At first, when small fry such as Ireland and Portugal broke the pact they were rebuked – even fined – by the commission. Incoherent EU economic policy won't deliver a swift recovery 2013-06-08T23:01:07Z The truth is that parliamentary sleaze merchants are small fry in the corporate lobbying game. Corporate power has turned Britain into a corrupt state 2013-06-04T21:20:01Z I’m just a small fry myself, but my accountant joked with me a couple of years ago, after I’d paid hefty tax bill, “They should name an aircraft carrier after you.” If Apple Paid More Tax, We Might Pay Less 2013-05-22T14:12:10Z But rivers are small fry – try playing right next to the sea like Holyhead Town of Wales. Football manager twins and sons versus dads in the dug-out 2013-03-27T10:00:00Z For the rest of the year, the latter trend often reverses, and big stocks beat the small fry. Gray Matter: Check the Calendar Before You Buy that Stock! 2013-01-19T02:40:13Z Translation: Big clients who generate big fees got better treatment than small fry who generate small fees. Morgan Stanley Got Off Easy---And It Has Company 2012-12-19T18:38:08Z But those privately held brands are small fry against the likes of Gap's Athleta banner, which wants 50 stores by the end of next year. Once unique, Lululemon faces rivals on all sides 2012-12-07T12:12:27Z If you think of Ohio State as a massive bully picking on small fry, consider that there are 56,867 students on the main campus in Columbus, while 58,698 attend UCF. Top 25 Preview Capsules 2012-09-08T01:05:08Z Despite Fulham and Swansea's best efforts, last weekend's goal tally was small fry compared to the highest scoring season openers in history, says the Knowledge. The Fiver 2012-08-22T15:01:35Z Five decades after his death, his name is still a business However, the figure is small fry in comparison with the estates of other top earning dead celebrities. Bruce Lee 'fathered' MMA fighting 2012-07-17T23:38:58Z That figure may sound high, but it is actually small fry compared with the 170bn euros in Greek deposits still at the country's banks. Is it game over for Greece? 2012-06-14T07:51:19Z Advocates for reform say they will press on, urging major parties to support changes that will pare back the number of small fry, and voters to support parties that do. Netanyahu Calls for Elections: Will It Really Change Israel? 2012-05-08T00:05:32Z She may laugh, of course, at small fry like myself, but I really can't have my Editor laughed at! nor my sweet "Ladybird" crushed! Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z The small fry may also benefit if the pharmacy lobby’s lawsuit against the merger moves forward. Express Scripts and Medco: Bigger means cheaper 2012-04-04T15:00:00Z There the bird sits silent and solitary on a projecting root or dead branch; or stands motionless and knee-deep in the water, intent on the small fry it feeds on. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z Very soon he too was cast into gaol, while small fry were allowed to flap their wings till their mission, too, should be accomplished. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z The small fry, like Jake, echoed the sentiments of Le Grand Monarque—The Deluge might come after, if only they could speed their contracts to completion. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z There are five principal English firms here, three French, and six Turkish, not including the small fry. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z Small business owners may dream about the day that they’ll be able to game the system too, but while they’re still small fry, the current system remains toxic. How the Feds Are Squeezing Small Business 2011-12-22T11:12:00Z The specimen now at the Zoological Society was shot at a lake near Maldonado, from which the water had been nearly drained, and which, in consequence, swarmed with small fry. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z Beerbohm does not waste his time mimicking the small fry. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z Being thus nobly replete, he remained motionless and still, dilly-dallying, scorning the small fry that in any case made haste to flee from his presence with all their fins. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z Here our trunk was hoisted on the head of a stout fellow, all the small fry of the harbor squabbling for our minor luggage. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z “Rose Ann is not small fry,” said Mark Brenner, editor of Labor Notes, a nonprofit project that promotes unions through its magazine and Web site. Women Are Becoming Unions? New Voices 2011-11-19T17:17:26Z But excluding the small fry is dangerous as well. DealBook: Reform Adds More Twists to a Convoluted Derivatives World 2011-11-16T17:35:45Z Well, then, why shouldn't the small fry, the less select society, have the same chance? San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z I was very small fry then, but I came into collision with Osman and he tried to poison me. Caesar's Wife A comedy in three acts 2011-11-11T03:00:37.427Z England, in Podgorica A small Balkan nation of less than a million people, and five years into its independence, Montenegro should be a small fry to England’s reputation as the motherland of world soccer. Soccer: A Last Chance to Qualify for Euro 2012 2011-10-06T15:20:04Z The message is clear: Nunavut is not the place for small fry. Insight: Arctic has great riches, but greater challenges 2011-08-31T12:14:16Z Ringrose says, 'we could perceive, now the stormy weather was blown over, much small fry of fish about the ship, whereof before we saw none. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z Examine his aquarium, and hidden among the weeds you will find three or four species of small fry. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z But I suppose on these occasions small fry like me have to put up with that sort of thing. Caesar's Wife A comedy in three acts 2011-11-11T03:00:37.427Z If they had been only fishing for small fry, he could not have more contemptuously addressed them. Ludicrous Aspects Of Christianity A Response To The Challenge Of The Bishop Of Manchester 2011-07-22T02:00:20.277Z Yes, the small fry, like your notary, don't get out of the net, but the man with a handle to his name, gets clean off! The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z Not having much luck with big fish, I concluded to amuse the "small fry." The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z He holds an uplifted sword in his hand and is saying, "This is how I deal with the small fry." Lest We Forget World War Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:28.183Z Losing out to the small fry is not yet a big worry. Celebrity hedge-fund managers: Kapow! 2011-06-23T10:54:47Z It is easy to portray Taiwan as small fry, an island of 23 million people at risk of being gobbled up by the 1.3bn strong, mainland China. Giant appetite 2011-06-11T11:00:12Z What a funny picture they must make to the people on shore: a big whale surrounded by small fry; or an ocean liner being pushed seaward by three little tugs. The Motor Maids by Palm and Pine 2011-06-05T02:00:14.760Z On and on the handsome car rushed, leaving little spirals of dust behind it, and sending the small fry of rural animal life scurrying out of its path. The Corner House Girls on a Tour Where they went, what they saw, and what they found 2011-05-31T02:00:33.267Z The fact is, though, that civilian trials — almost always federal — have been far more effective for locking up terrorists, small fry or big fry. City Room: Civilian Courts Are Getting Job Done in Terror Trials 2011-05-16T12:38:15Z Sunbird's staff of 400 workers is capable of producing only about 20 boats per year, making it a small fry by industry standards. China's Next Port of Call: Luxury Yachts 2011-05-05T15:00:00Z It's the small fry at the low end of the marine food chain that may be more prone to population collapse. Overfishing Hits All Creatures Great and Small 2011-05-03T17:45:00.227Z The little girls had hitherto seemed to him very small fry, but if one talked to them at all, one should employ a higher style of conversation. Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z The small fry of the fields and woods tremble at that cry more than did the two lost Corner House girls. The Corner House Girls on a Tour Where they went, what they saw, and what they found 2011-05-31T02:00:33.267Z But Manfred and the Doge are not dead; while all that small fry have disappeared in the mud, and are dried up like so many tadpoles in a ditch, under the summer drowth. Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z It’s not just that Mr. Engle is the smallest of small fry that is bothersome about his prosecution. Talking Business: In Prison for Taking a Liar Loan 2011-03-25T23:01:16Z Finally, the small fry of the Third Estate will be exiled to at least a hundred leagues from Paris. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z But it is not just the small fry who are financially impaired. Mervyn King: rebalance global economy or risk a trade war 2011-03-14T07:05:01Z Even as the small fry were making antitrust complaints, some of Europe’s biggest corporate players began raising the alarm about other perceived threats to their interests. Google Trying to Avoid Antitrust Fight in Europe 2011-02-21T05:01:20Z It is under the supervision of Thomas Mowat, Inspector of Fisheries, and millions of small fry are now annually turned into the great river. On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada 2011-02-09T03:00:51.093Z Their policy is, so far, shortsighted, as it has called into an exaggerated importance all that small fry—like the Nelligans—who have hitherto been crushed under the greater wealth of the rich proprietor. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z Even those in the older classes, who seldom interested themselves in the "small fry," as they called the Four and their contemporaries, came forward with many contributions for the Bazaar. Brenda, Her School and Her Club 2011-01-15T03:00:31.087Z Luckily the house was still between me and most of my enemies; though the small fry constantly came into view and vanished. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z A mere earl looked small fry compared with them! Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z Oh ho! thought I, here is another of Mr. Seward’s small fry turned up. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z It had been brought by one of her small fry with the lady's compliments. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z Double standards, one law for one of the biggest names in the sport and one for the small fry? Only lawyers stand to gain from the opaque case of Alberto Contador 2010-09-30T17:36:00Z “The small fry are interesting, not because of damage,” Binzel says, “but because of their potential for delivering ‘free samples’ to Earth.” Asteroids Miss With Astronomers 2010-09-13T15:41:00Z Such a payout would make her among the most highly paid women in finance even though her community bank in New Haven is small fry compared with the banking behemoths on Wall Street. Giant Exit Payout Seen in Sale of NewAlliance Bancshares 2010-08-21T01:30:00Z Such small fry are prey, and as the number of older, predatory fish increased, yearling haddock suffered disproportionately. Fisheries biology: War dividend 2010-08-19T11:47:00Z Yes, it's small fry compared to the last financial disaster film – he didn't bring down one of Britain's oldest banks – but that's not the point. There Will Be Beer ? the drunk oil trader story 2010-06-30T11:38:00Z Offerings from small fry such as LogMeIn should also be available for those who need to create graphs or tap into files at the office. The iPad Isn't Just Fun and Games 2010-04-01T03:05:00Z Al Fayed, the owner of Harrod’s, the London retail store, admits he is small fry compared with the oligarch that is his neighbor at Chelsea and the investors from the United States and the Mideast. Global Soccer: American Helps Fulham Shed Modest Reputation 2010-03-21T15:40:00Z Three of the small fry trotted after her. The Undying Past He was not a hunter at all, except of grubs and berries and such small fry. The Voice of the Pack Directly after that the small fry began to arrive with their satchels, and there was a noise and a commotion and a chatter and a laughing and a scampering to and fro—a regular fair! Yiddish Tales "A pike among the small fry;" observed his listener. L'Arrabiata and Other Tales We are going to visit a place where masons, sawyers, cobblers, laborers, and other small fry are in the habit of slaking their thirst. The Progressionists, and Angela. The small fry and cuttle-fish were thrown overboard for the sea-gulls, that hovered round with loud cries, waiting to pounce upon the tempting morsels, while the great flat skate and dog-fish were put aside separately. Bosom Friends A Seaside Story Whatever remained were a few small fry that had managed to slip through the meshes of their net. John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall The luscious morsel once divided among the small fry, however, she flew back to her post of observation. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road Their eagerness for success is most noticeable, and they are rewarded after having satisfied their owner, by being given some of the small fry. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 It would be, as Katrine herself had said, a very Zoological Garden of lions, among whom an insignificant spinster from a country town must of necessity appear the smallest of small fry. An Unknown Lover The while Mona was watching with a jealous eye lest any of the small fry in their restive exuberance should come near imparting to the invalid chair a sudden and unpremeditated shake. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance He only comes up against the small fry. John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall There is plenty of small fry left to create its share of clatter in the place of those absent under pedagogic discipline. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt The offer was accepted, and the small fry, as they came, were placed in a little basket. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] A fight with those small fry—even smashing them—wouldn't make enough noise. Triplanetary "I suppose that you small fry of diplomacy cannot get things in duty free, eh?" A Day's Ride A Life's Romance "They are very small fry and I would hate to see you tied up with such folks." Dorothy Page Dave was tempted to turn and snap, "Quiet! small fry!" but instead he kept looking at the Nazi commander. Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal In this large, airy land, politicians are truly but small fry from small places—inconsequential ephemera, who age in a heart-beat and die. Seeds of Pine In this way the boys secured a very respectable heap of small fry. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant Apart from the small fry of the Imperial party, he made two powerful enemies—the Empress herself, and Rouher, who saw in this refusal to follow precedent an implied censure upon himself. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections They are very disagreeable customers to sheep and other small fry, and, as I discovered subsequently, that when badly wounded, they have a very unpleasant way with their teeth. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia The Jesuit was not pestered with the daily detail of spiritual management, or the small fry of trifling faults. Priests, Women, and Families The oldest and largest crowded the small fry aside; every moment he landed a fish, and each time he cast his line twenty or thirty darted at the hook with open mouths. Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace If we can't, it's going to go hard with the small fry. The Vision of Elijah Berl Lizards and such small fry are assiduously looked for. Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 We have force enough to carry you all off—the house is surrounded, and we can bag every one of you—go with us quietly and we will let the small fry off. Francezka Baring the teeth in these animals is a preparation for using the teeth; and often, also, it frightens the enemy away and saves the bother of actually attacking "small fry". Psychology A Study Of Mental Life This River abounds with all sorts of small fry, Trout, Salmon, Bass, Whitefish & Sturgeon. Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 So we addressed ourselves to the small fry of the family, and distributed little souvenirs among them. Our campaign around Gettysburg Being a memorial of what was endured, suffered and accomplished by the Twenty-third regiment (N. Y. S. N. G.) and other regiments associated with them, in their Pennsylvania and Maryland campaign, during the second rebel invasion of the loyal states in June-July, 1863 All the pond world knows that and its denizens tremble in the presence of these great-jawed, hook-toothed gobblers of small fry; and that constitutes a proletariat the world over. Old Plymouth Trails After Berlioz, a small fry, indeed, yet not without interest. Ivory Apes and Peacocks The "Post" said so; the "Morning Rabid" said it; the "Evening Looking-Glass" said it; and a host of small fry echoed the important fact. Daisy's Necklace And What Came of It At midnight the company dispersed, all wishing the Perriwinkles life, love, and lots of the small fry. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes Perhaps," said he to himself, "my messengers were small fry in the sight of Balaam, and he is therefore displeased. Bible Romances First Series And one of the lords of the school would on occasion clear out a dozen of the small fry, in order that he might select his refreshments comfortably. Young Barbarians He's no small fry either, he's a non-commissioned officer with some authority. A Yankee Flier Over Berlin Marge was hot and exasperated, but small fry was as cool and composed as a vanilla cone. The Aggravation of Elmer Joe, too, had come down specially to share the meal, but he, being a member of the household, was very small fry at the bunkhouse. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana The noise attracts the large fish, who think there is a shoal of the small fry about, and they jump at the bait and are caught. Round the Wonderful World It is usually caught at the mouths of streams running into the large lakes, and at the outflow of the Thompson at Savona's, where it can be seen chasing the small fry on the surface. Fishing in British Columbia With a Chapter on Tuna Fishing at Santa Catalina People who can afford it give up two rooms to the small fry, but where the flat system prevails, and rents are high, this is seldom possible. Home Life in Germany It was vaguely understood that "the girls" knew all the small fry by head and name, but even the Squire himself was apt to get puzzled. The Perpetual Curate These last had been made very large; for Ossaroo did not care for the “small fry.” The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains September 7th.—In company with the "Growler" and "Sylvia" we left the shores of fair Nagasaki; and after despatching the small fry about their business we shaped our course for Chefoo. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 Food is naturally plentiful at such places, and at certain times the fish gather there in great numbers, splashing about and chasing the small fry. Fishing in British Columbia With a Chapter on Tuna Fishing at Santa Catalina In this case I don't think your friends would use the whole of your title every time they addressed you; but you would undoubtedly have a seat on the sofa before all the small fry. Home Life in Germany Even baby children manipulate the birch bark, and one may pass a cluster of such small fry by the roadside, shoeless and stockingless, all busily plaiting baskets with their nimble little fingers. Through Finland in Carts We netted a good deal of small fry, but only landed one big fish during the time I was attached. Pan-Islam The local small fry are of course ignored, though to the great lady of the county, who cuts her in town, she is cringingly obsequious. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) On the other hand it is very doubtful if the present attempt to acclimatise Salmo salar by the introduction of small fry into the Fraser can avail much. Fishing in British Columbia With a Chapter on Tuna Fishing at Santa Catalina The small fry get all the excitement, I'm sorry to say. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War Pursued by the jeers and catcalls of the small fry, Percy sat down, his face, if possible, redder than before. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good The frogs are now in full chorus, the great bulls beating their tom-toms and the small fry filling in the chinks with shriller cries. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year Eric was sending all the small fry whom he could reach into screams at his superabundant wit and spirits. The Children of Wilton Chase Pickpockets and sneak-thieves stake freedom on the agility of their fingers and legs, and are the small fry of the fraternity, yet figure as legitimate practitioners. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated Our huntsman’s chief anxiety, as far as I could see, was to arrive in time to secure a bit of the prey for the small fry. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. Peking is not a commercial city, not a business center; it is not filled with drummers or traveling-men or small fry of that kind, such as you find in Shanghai and lesser places. Peking Dust It throws out feelers by which small fry are enticed within its power. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. “We’ve got to play up to you, Captain Mackenzie, just as the small fry plays up to a great hactor on the stage.” As We Sweep Through The Deep Every man had a gun in his canoe, but ammunition is expensive on the Swan River, and for small fry, musk-rat, duck, fool-hen, or rabbit, they still used the prehistoric bow and arrow. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] Hats and gloves and such small fry were generally left to provide quarters for themselves in Bloomsbury Place. Vagabondia 1884 "No use tackling small fry when the big uns are there," explained the hunter, as he reloaded. The Hero of Ticonderoga or Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys Buoy’d on a sea of fancy, Genius rises, And like the rare Leviathan surprises; But the small fry of scribblers!—tiny souls! Broad Grins Comprising, With New Additional Tales in Verse, Those Formerly Publish'd Under the Title "My Night-Gown and Slippers." A howl of joy went up from the small fry who had been "ragging" Tim all the time. War and the Weird Indeed, nearly all sorts of small fry are sold in boxes bearing spurious French labels. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges Johnnie muttered, turning the letter over and over, while heads popped out of windows, and sundry small fry gathered about Johnnie and the postman. The Rich Little Poor Boy Generally, in such calm, transparent water, we could, to our added delight, see the big bream come swimming along, moving haughtily through the crowds of small fry—yellow-tail, ground mullet, and trumpeters. The Colonial Mortuary Bard; "'Reo," The Fisherman; and The Black Bream Of Australia 1901 And they succeeded in this very well, for they took pains to make themselves popular in the school, and to appear as the champions quite as much as the bullies of the small fry. The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story Suma was not overfond of this small fry but Warruk caught and ate of them until his stomach refused to accept another mouthful. The Black Phantom The first pleasure of young anglers is to catch these small fry; and the next is, to make their sisters and cousins eat them. Deerbrook In those days the big fish had the first choice, and the small fry, or poor fish, had to wait around some time before they got a chance to lose their money. Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi What business have you to be going out at night at the invitation of contemptible small fry, like this little Wildney?” Eric, or Little by Little It was something like, "Sahib General?" and I said, "No, no," as if Generals were rather small fry in my estimation, and racked my brains how to index myself. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah Where have you picked up this small fry? Dwell Deep or Hilda Thorn's Life Story The pearl-stringer knew something about crowns and coronets: duchesses, countesses, baronesses, and small fry like that. The Lion's Mouse He lowered his voice from a shout to its normal tone as Emma Wheeler in self-defence opened the door and drove the small fry out. A Master Of Craft They wanted a change from seals and bears, walruses and such small fry. The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole He don’t associate much with small fry like us—more’s the pity, for it might do ’im good. The Battery and the Boiler Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables “There are,” we are told, in addition to the magnates just mentioned, “hosts of comparatively small fry whose annual profits will pass the fifty-thousand-dollar mark.” The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, Jan-Mar, 1890 “Only small fry enjoy that privilege—lieutenants, mates, and midshipmen.” Ben Burton Born and Bred at Sea Like a spider in its web, he would waylay and capture the wretched small fry of our school and haul them away to his den. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life The scoundrel who got killed was, certainly, one off the list; still, the small fry did not count like their leader, the loss of whom all of us thought might have paralysed the enemy’s advance. Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea One by one the trembling small fry were grabbed and passed round to answer a string of questions such as— “What’s your name?” Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton On the following day a whole host of managers, cashiers, scribes, shepherds, tenants, and other small fry, arrived to recommend themselves to Abellino's favour. A Hungarian Nabob "Monkey-business on company time is only for Big Shots like him; not for small fry such as you." The Galaxy Primes Of course I am small fry, but you are too big a man for even Steel to do away with. The Skylark of Space Twelve captured, seven killed, and every one of them small fry. Rebels of the Red Planet He rambled down once or twice to the Juniors’ tennis court, and terrified the small fry there by sprawling at full length on the grass within sight of the play. Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton But Gustavus was not the man to trouble himself about such small fry of conspirators as this. Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. With the exception of such small fry as the March Hare and Toppin, nearly every boy managed to possess himself of a machine of some kind. Jack of Both Sides The Story of a School War A poor Fisherman, who lived on the fish he caught, had bad luck one day and caught nothing but a very small fry. The Aesop for Children With pictures by Milo Winter Roger jumped the small fry and joked with the larger ones, and left them all in a high state of excitement. Ethel Morton's Holidays So he got the net out and was soon endeavoring to trap a few small fry. Dick the Bank Boy Or, A Missing Fortune The nonnats are the small fry of the bay, smaller far than whitebait, and are delicious to eat. The Gourmet's Guide to Europe Nor does he confine his attention to flies and gnats and mosquitoes and such small fry. The Insect Folk Even the intensely critical small fry dancing on the pavement without to the scraping and fiddling of the string band, had to admit that. Violets and Other Tales And when a competitor began to grow beyond the small fry class, Barclay either bought him out or built a mill beside the offender and crushed him out. A Certain Rich Man He was a big swell, and he didn't think much of small fry. The Swindler and Other Stories If they had but known it, the awful screech that so disturbed them, disturbed the rabbits and the other small fry of the woods much more. Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's By one o'clock the company was actually beginning to arrive, the small fry of the neighbourhood being, of course, the first to appear. Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance They caught a good many of the small fry, but as usual the big fish escaped—all but one wealthy Mahommedan, but he is bound to wriggle out somehow. The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma He dabbled in odes, elegies, epitaphs, and all that small fry of the muse which was then so plentiful. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 They sighted only smacks and other small fry, including some few coastwise steamers whose routes hugged the land. Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns Sinking the German U-Boats On the other side of the street was a field where the small fry of Oakdale usually held their ball games. Grace Harlowe's Junior Year at High School Or, Fast Friends in the Sororities Do you wish to compliment these other small fry?' Wych Hazel Net the large fish, and you're sure to have the small fry.' Scenes of Clerical Life Her appearance was the signal for all the small fry of the neighborhood to gather about the gate. Maida's Little Shop He said he was none of yer small fry;—like thunder he had stumped it for General Pierce; like electricity he had down in Georgia and Western Alabama carried everything for true democracy. The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth I think they would do fairly and shelter small fry. Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books Take the big fish, and let the small fry go. A Short History of France "He doesn't know the small fry in his department." The Enchanted Canyon But these small fry are very useful in their humble sphere, and are almost without exception respectably conducted. Town Life in Australia The larger of these swallowed the small fry, swelled and mounted, took the shape of practically the whole caravan. Foes Only gill-netters, the small fry of the salmon industry, ever paid the utmost penalty for raids like that. Poor Man's Rock There they have to fight, not merely against such small fry as robins, squirrels, and harvest-mice, but against the aggressive parrot, the hard-billed toucan, the persistent lemur, and the inquisitive monkey. Science in Arcady His vocation was that of a farmer, on a small scale; as a slave-holder he was numbered with the "small fry." The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. The Swarm was a choice congregation of small fry that trailed perpetually at the heels of Stonewall Jackson, and at the moment was in a state of seething excitement. Rose of Old Harpeth To Saints, indeed, even on earth excessive suffering finds compensation in excessive joys; but to other Christians, such small fry as we are, what distress and trouble! The Cathedral The tombs and monuments are not interesting—admirals of the second rank and such small fry. A Wanderer in Holland I just shove out curates and vicars and all that small fry if they get in my way. Red Pottage Up to the present, however, there are only thirty-three actual Ministers of the Crown, not counting such small fry as Under-Secretaries, and their salaries merely amount to the trifle of £133,500. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 28, 1917 Of the Greeks, only the Spartans were sportsmen; but where the Spartans hunted foxes and such-like small fry, The Persians followed your true dangerous wild-fowl: lions, leopards, and tigers. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 The inanga, or small fry of a fresh-water fish, were offended at not being hospitably received on shore by the birds; on the other hand, the birds despised the inanga for being so small. Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before The rules are a net to stop big fish and let the small fry go. Helmet of Navarre His assistants worked hard in back streets and trod the dusty byways, succoring the small fry, while he stepped on velvet carpets and cast his net for the larger fish. Gordon Keith Inshore was a fleet of small fry—catboats, sloops, dories under sail, and a smart smack or two going around to Provincetown with cargoes from the fish pounds. Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper The mammoth was evidently an animal that commanded the respect of the elephant, and other small fry quadrupeds. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life The small fry, startled out of caution, were tittering in hysterical excitement. The Dark House It was really a relief to me when some random young nobleman would come in pursuit of the bait, and awe all this small fry to a distance. Tales of a Traveller There, in the thick, greenish water are swarms of little carp, eels, small fry, water-snails, frogs, and newts. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories For taste is a rare article, and many draughts of small fry must be made before one leviathan salmon can be caught. Rides on Railways Down near the shore are fish ponds, with wicker gates which admit the small fry from the sea, but keep in the large fish. Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands "Don't be so abrupt, my boy,"—a delighted titter from the small fry—"say 'sir' when you answer me." The Dark House He was finishing off the last of the small fry and their excuses when Winton arrived. A Diversity of Creatures In these ponds we caught only some very small fry, and the question could not be satisfactorily determined, although the natives declared that none of them were the spawn of cod-perch. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 Having done my work ahead I am rusticating in great shape and have become a veritable terror to the small fry in which the lakes of this delectable locality abound. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 "Well, we never lose an opportunity to do our duty, be the enemy large or small fry," observed McClure. The Brighton Boys with the Submarine Fleet The small fry skirted him as they went out through the school gates. The Dark House You are pretty small fry in this game, Nicolas, and I'm not afraid of you. The Boy Allies in the Balkan Campaign Or, the Struggle to Save a Nation Besides the small fry, the swallowers of swords and the grimace makers, real performances took place on the green. The Man Who Laughs A man might as well doubt the nature of a fish-hawk, which is to pick up all the small fry, and to let the big ones go. The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas On so-called "big days" in the Reichstag a host of small fry from the Departments collects behind the Government and this dominent Federal Council. The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War "The small fry you may make fun of, if you please, but let the great alone." Fated to Be Free The Night Court in Jefferson Market sits in judgment only on the small fry caught in the dragnet of the police. What eight million women want Neglecting the small fry that can only be taken in nets with very fine meshes, he ascertained that there are twenty-seven species of fish in the Kansas River at Lawrence. Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 After we land him it will be easier to get the small fry. The Apartment Next Door There is such a plentiful supply of larvae, caddis, "stone-loach," fresh-water shrimps, crayfish, and other crustaceans, to say nothing of flies, minnows, and small fry, that a trout would very seldom attack a snake. A Cotswold Village Ralph had never seen his way clearly in that dim underworld of affairs where men of the Moffatt and Driscoll type moved like shadowy destructive monsters beneath the darting small fry of the surface. The Custom of the Country The small fry can let go, but you big ones can't. Burning Daylight Every morning the Bass took a trip around Horseshoe Bend food hunting, and the small fry raced for life before his big, shear-like jaws. At the Foot of the Rainbow With the small fry I used a small paddle to win their confidence and arouse their enthusiasm for an education. The University of Hard Knocks Daring was the fashionable amusement among the Avonlea small fry just then. Anne of Green Gables We all missed Aunt Olivia greatly; she had been so merry and companionable, and had possessed such a knack of understanding small fry. The Golden Road He remembered he had once said the great Trust had overlooked his little enterprise, disdaining to plunder such small fry. The Octopus : A story of California They wanted to make dire examples of the worst offenders, to seize the ringleaders and intimidate the small fry, to discourage and frighten the wacky hobbyists, and send the professional grifters to jail. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier Now and then, when the British Intelligence were too hot on the trail, Parrish and Marbran would give away one of the small fry belonging to the organization and thus stave off suspicion. The Yellow Streak At all of the French and Italian restaurants small fry is cooked to perfection. Bohemian San Francisco Its restaurants and their most famous recipes—The elegant art of dining. Anyhow," said Uncle Roger, "that red silk dress will break the hearts of all the feminine small fry at the party. The Golden Road So, one by one, the small fry crept away, leaving Katy and Clover to entertain the visitor by themselves. What Katy Did Rural cooperatives, mostly; small fry, mostly tolerated, sometimes warred upon. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier In 1846 he published "The Literati," critical comments on the writers of the day, in which the literary small fry were mercilessly condemned and ridiculed. Selections from Poe Since the middle of June, 1890, large shoals of dace, bleak, roach, and small fry have appeared in all the reaches, from Putney upwards. The Naturalist on the Thames Next, their Excellencies the Governors of Oahu, Hawaii, etc., and after them a string of High Sheriffs and other small fry too numerous for computation. Roughing It, Part 7. It was not even worth plucking—except by the smallest of small fry office-seekers and such. Roughing It, Part 3. But at last a Gentile said, 'Go to Brigham Young!—these small fry cannot do you any good.' Roughing It, Part 2. We are no cheap bandits to rob market-women, poor farmers, ordinary travellers or such small fry. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire The small fry of authors and translators were hardly fitted to call out his full strength, but his vivisection of them taught him the value of certain structural principles. Among My Books First Series Who has made all the small fry huffy? The Possessed (The Devils) Now when the kabouter daddies began the roaring fires for the making of the bells, the little mothers and the small fry in the kabouter world could not afford to be idle. Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks "They could not apply this invention to the chiefs; they have the right to be beheaded; but to the small fry, I mean the favorites, squires, and lute-players." Chicot the Jester "It always happens that they catch the small fry, and let the large fish escape." The Eustace Diamonds The small fry come to an excited and enthusiastic market. Tropic Days This small fry I take to be the top of their fishery. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 It was not likely such small fry of human beings could live long. Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks "Why, he's a major-general; I can tell you, most men of his rank haven't any use for small fry like me—to talk to, that is." Back to Billabong But minnows and small fry eat them by millions; and so do tadpoles, and perhaps caddis baits and water crickets. Prose Idylls, New and Old Vast as is the congregation of small fry, it gradually fritters away, martyred to fish, flesh, and fowl. Tropic Days Only the small fry mingle freely with the legislators in the open, in the hotels and cafés and in the Capitol corridors. A Gentleman from Mississippi Though we made a little by the turn of the market, we saved a heap of small fry from losing all they'd put in. The Primadonna A feudal lord who made your dapper French counts and Hungarian barons appear but small fry indeed, by contrast! A Man and His Money Let us pass quickly over the "soldier thief"—merely small fry! Their Crimes But his thoughts were far a-field from joyriders, stray cattle, hawkers without licenses, and other similar small fry which come into the constabulary net. The Postmaster's Daughter And these are the small fry of the order; they do not usually exceed six or ten feet in length. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals A great emulation was kindled among this small fry of heathendom. The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century Everywhere—either small fry, nibblers, Hamlets on a small scale, self-absorbed, or darkness and subterranean chaos, or idle babblers and wooden sticks. On the Eve A wag has suggested that a factory be at once established there and petrified dogs, cats and small fry generally be furnished to order. The American Goliah No digging clams and fishing for small fry in Long Island Sound for me. The Belted Seas I did not want the small fry, the little speculator with only a few hundreds or thousands of dollars. The Romance and Tragedy Many of the "small fry" of the architectural profession enjoy themselves in picking out its faults, which are really, as suggested above, the reason for its supreme beauty. The Art of the Exposition "I figured why stop with the small fry," says Stallman, recalling the button and its message. Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software Even archbishops will do these things, to say nothing of such small fry as deans, or stout and prominent lay figures of the Church. The Ancient Allan They are merely the small fry of the fishing banks: they are petty rascals, with occasional big game. The Voice on the Wire All these are arrant robbers, the others in the upper end of the street are mostly small fry, such as highwaymen, tailors, weavers, millers, grocers and so on.” The Visions of the Sleeping Bard The manse children had been at the station that afternoon when the Blythe small fry had arrived. Rainbow Valley When we had lived for a fortnight in Carlisle we belonged there, and the freedom of all its small fry was conferred on us. The Story Girl What with the strong, far-leaping fish, and the agile, acrobatic birds, the existence of the small fry is one of perplexity and terror. Confessions of a Beachcomber "Mother, dear! forty black bass, eleven weakfish, and half a barrel of small fry—what do you think of that?" Tides of Barnegat The gloomy vaulted rooms of the original structure had been abandoned to the small fry of the episcopal retinue. The Valley of Decision Though I fancy my own small fry bear a valiant part in them. Rainbow Valley This was always a keen delight to us small fry. The Story Girl He had come away saying he shouldn't go again—"All that small fry!" To Let For years he had been at daggers drawn with the owners of the three largest shops, and the small fry could barely make a living for themselves. Jonah It had been the usual custom in the Soudan to spare the employers, who were the most responsible parties, but to punish the small fry, such as vakeels, and the reis, or captains of vessels. Ismailia When cabinet ministers play spy, small fry like you will not cavil at the occupation. The Puppet Crown Mrs. Eddy is not of that small fry. Christian Science Never mind about the smaller waves, let us come to the largest one of all, the wave that swept us small fry quite off our feet and almost drowned us with joy. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 1 Soon he paused before a quiet house, one of the many which housed in cavernous depths uncounted clerks and other small fry of the city. Long Live the King! There were men, women and children of all ages and kinds, some stowed away in the cabin behind, some gathered in groups amidships; and those in the cabin thought small fry of those on deck. Noto: an Unexplained Corner of Japan They're all small fry, and we have to keep out a few lines baited with minnows to catch the Tritons. Okewood of the Secret Service There are numerous small fry, but few who would handle so big an affair. The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans Younger competitors must be content to scrape together a precarious existence by preying on the small fry which pass unheeded through the meshes of the old man's net. Historic China, and other sketches They are the small fry who follow in the wake of the big eaters in the ferocious hunts of the rivers. The Nabob It was only the small fry that puzzled him sometimes. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard "I know that Scotland Yard you don't think much of us small fry, but we find out things sometimes!" Peter Ruff and the Double Four He can receive the great people," said Claparon; "the small fry are not to get beyond the first room. Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau The small fry flopped and scolded, and rose and fell in a dense mass; the marabouts walked with dignified pace to and fro through the grass all about. The Land of Footprints He may be conceived as one who, baiting his hook with real knickerbockers, fishes all day in the Gardens, which are to him but a pool swarming with small fry. The Little White Bird; or, Adventures in Kensington gardens They're not going to miss such a gathering of food as these small fry present. Tom Swift and His Undersea Search, or, the Treasure on the Floor of the Atlantic Yet these were only the small fry of the betting world; the big bets were made in the weighing enclosure. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola After that Maria dropped back into her old obscurity and Martin began to notice the respectful manner in which he was regarded by the small fry of the neighborhood. Martin Eden The sea has no appreciation of great men, but knocks them about like the small fry. Bleak House The small fry at this would suspend their hostilities, and scatter in a panic at the appearance of overwhelming force. The Oregon Trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life |
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