small fry
noun [ U ] informal (also small-fry) uk/ˈsmɔːl ˌfraɪ/ us/ˈsmɑːl ˌfraɪ/
无足轻重的人（或事物）
people or things that are not considered to be important
They may be key players in their own company, but they're small fry in the industry itself. 他们可能是自己公司里的核心人物，但在整个行业里却无足轻重。
Big international acts perform at the venue, as well as small-fry local bands.
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- The people arrested this week are just small fry, not the gang leaders.
- All of these exports are still very small fry compared to the car industry.
- It's not the small-fry company you claim it is.
- We are not just their small-fry trading partners who can be bullied.
- Major publishers can't be bothered with books they consider small-fry.