Little frog in a big pond
Also, small frog in a large pond . An unimportant or unqualified individual in a large organization or other setting. For example, Coming from a small school, Sandy felt lost at the state university—a little frog in a big pond . This phrase is the counterpart of big fish in a small pond
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- Little green apples
Related Terms sure as god made little green apples
- Little-green-heron
noun 1. . [green-bakt] /ˈgrinˌbækt/ noun 1. a small, American heron, Butorides striatus, having glossy green wings. noun See green heron
- Little green man
noun an alien; an imaginary person from an extraterrestrial world Examples Lots of cartoons depict little green men getting out of flying saucers. Word Origin 1906
- Little green men
noun phrase Aliens from outer space, said to have been seen descending from flying saucers: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, which has long been derided as a quest for ”little green men” (1961+)