little people
noun [ plural ] uk/ˈlɪt.əl ˌpiː.pəl/ us/ˈlɪt̬.əl ˌpiː.pəl/
(also little folk)（想象出来的）小精灵，小妖精
small imaginary creatures, such as leprechauns, that look like small humans
Her grandmother used to tell stories of the little people.
- More examples
- We, the little people, have no obvious way to halt this disgusting war.
- My concern, as always, is for the little people of America, the poor and the middle class.
- We're little people with not a lot of money, facing a credit card industry that makes millions of dollars.
- From the way the political elite behave, it seems ethics are for little people.
- Piskies are the little people. They get up to all sorts of tricks in that part of the country.
- For centuries, tales have been told of "little people" who inhabited forests and out-of-the-way places.