Sentences with phrase «fish in a small pond»

For Canada, the US exit made it a bigger fish in a smaller pond and Canada's game transitioned from defence to offence.

She could assume a Robert California / Charles Minor role where she comes into Scranton and takes names and asserts herself as the big fish in the small pond.

Is it better to be a big fish in a small pond or a small fish in a big pond?

«We make a lot of noise,» Legeron says of natural wine devotees, «but we're a big fish in a small pond, in a way.»

If he left for to join the Tigers, he would be a big fish in a small pond, but at least he would be in the Premier League and he is dearly loved by the KC faithful.

Having been a big fish in a small pond, they then become involved with bigger fish in a bigger pond.

Cain will be a big fish in a small pond this season, but his long - term future is at a much higher level for sure.

I see lukaku as a big fish in a small pond.

After moving to Stoke, the Scot could benefit from more game time and being a bigger fish in a smaller pond.

Martinez is clearly starting to get to the point where he's sick of being a big fish in a small pond, playing in the Portuguese league.

Ivanovic could move to the MLS and become the big fish in the small pond once again.

Two years older and you're talking a first round pick vs. a player who's a big fish in a small pond on a sixers team.

The 29 year - old is a big fish in a small pond at Leicester, and now that he has recently got married to Becky (and they have an 18 month old baby plus three older kids), he may be loathe to create a big upheaval in their lives.

He also may enjoy being a big fish in a small pond.

Then we would be a bigger fish in a smaller pond with the feasible possibility we might win it!

Big fish in smaller pond f you like.

While he may have been a big fish in a small pond in Ames, he frequently tested himself against NFL - caliber defenses in four years of Big 12 play.

and I still reiterate my sentiments, many players are better suited to playing for smaller clubs with very little expectations and less pressure and I can name loads of very very talented players who just don't have the big club mentality, players who bloom and shine when they are the main attraction, the big fish in a small pond but who will whither and fade once they make the step up to bigger teams... with Arsenal Afobe will just be another player, another upstart who will find the pressure of delivering week in week out or be out of the team hard to deal with... at Bournemouth he has time to settle into his pace, if he misses chances like he did on his debut for the club he will still be given chances after chances, just like it happened withn him

They might be a big side in Scotland, but it certainly shows they are a big fish in a small pond.

The transition from big fish in a small pond to simply being one of many talented players was always bound to produce frustrating moments for Iturbe and Roma.

There is a risk because he is a big fish in a small pond and to step up and play Champions League football is a big ask, but he might be leading the line for England at the European Championships next summer.

The stark contrast in his role and his production perfectly embodies the really big fish in a small pond idea, and truly conveys what happens when a superstar footballer drops way down in weight class of the league he plays in.

Porto are in many ways a big fish in a small pond; the Portuguese League generates an annual TV revenue of 50 million to split between its clubs, while a club like Arsenal alone earns more than that annually, just to put it in perspective how much of an uphill battle it is for Porto to mix it up deep in the Champions League.

why do you think Mikey «kershner - spada» Hinney wakes up every morning believing he is the next Lt. Governor but didn't run last time nor this time... and why Kevin «small fish in small pond with way too much baggage» is not in the field.

«Which is preferable: to be a big fish in a small pond or a big fish in the ocean?

So it wasn't too hard to, sort of you know, be a big fish in a small pond.

Being the biggest fish in a small pond doesn't make you the biggest fish pointblankperiod — it's just indicative of your perspective at that given moment in that given space.

Just as a side note, it is interesting to point out that most of the big fish in our small pond and beyond prefer salted hash over everything.

Barris and company have figured out ways to show former big fish in a small pond Zoey struggling with the move to a much bigger pond, but she's still primarily there to react to other people being weird around her, which means she can't carry an equivalent comedy load to TV dad Anthony Anderson.

by Bill Chambers Appealing newcomer Nick Cannon stars in Drumline as Devon, a Harlem high - school graduate making the transition from a big fish in a small pond to a guppy in the ocean that is Atlanta A&T.

They're moving from being a big fish in a small pond to being a very small one in a very large, unfamiliar environment that often simply overwhelms them - and the impact on their attainment can be disastrous.

The Impact of Budget Cuts The director of Let Me Play, a group which has run summer schools for the last eight years, explains that a smooth transition from primary to secondary education is essential Children are going from being «a big fish in a small pond to being a very small one, in a very large unfamiliar environment».

But Jacobs is a big fish in this small pond.

The idea is to maintain school quality and to provide small communities where each child can be a «big fish in a small pond.»

Challenges of being a big fish in a small pond (SF or fantasy erotica) versus jumping into more the more mainstream stuff with a larger potential readership

The thing that's particularly odious about ComiXology's approach to DRM is that ComiXology really is the biggest fish in a small pond.

It is a «big fish in a small pond» syndrome that brings former AKC show people into a rare breed not yet «recognized» by the AKC.

I came back from LA to NC and got a sort of big fish in a small pond effect.

It's a clear sign of how far the industry has moved on from the genre and how that could allow developer Undead Labs the chance to be a bigger fish in a smaller pond this time around.

Final Fantasy IX came at an interesting time in my life, I'd just moved from Primary School to High School, I'd gone from being a big fish in a small pond to a very small fish in a very big ocean.

The new gallery is based around a different bunch of paradoxes: from being a big fish in a small pond to another gallery in a vast sea of art; from having a deluxe art space to a more modest one.

According to the published rules of the journal all review articles, such as that of Gerlich and Tscheuschner must be invited which is still more concerning]» ------- End Quote ------- You're obviously a fish in a small pond.

The old adage of «better to be a big fish in a small pond» is very true in a highly competitive market.

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They could be a very small fish in a very big pond, or a big fish in a smaller pond.

She surmises this might be because he is a big fish in the small pond of Saskatchewan's legal community, which has only 1,500 lawyers.

Being a bit of a big fish in a small pond has given me the opportunity to take the lead on some really great files.

But for now, let's look at five «big fish in a small pond» techniques in personal finance.

As the head of a small business you are, by definition, a big fish in a small pond.

A big fish in a small pond, by contrast, chooses investment opportunities based on how much influence they can wield and how much expertise they can accumulate.