Sentences with phrase «from 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.

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.

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

The former Barcelona man may well benefit from a move to Fratton Park where he could be a big fish in a relatively small pond but perhaps a loan deal would suit all parties as opposed to Harry allowing the # 6m man to make a permanent exit.

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

He's gone from being a big fish in a regularly small pond to being just another name, and he hasn't thrived in his new environment.

Theo has benefited from the predicament the Club finds itself in from having been unable to retain its previous far better attacking players, and now Theo looks like a much bigger fish in a much smaller pond that he really is.

All of a sudden, I went from being a small fish in a big pond to being the only fish in a totally new pond.

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».

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.

Of course there's the regression from being a big fish in a small pond back to being a small fish in a big pond.