Sentences with phrase «in a small pond»

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

On the other hand, email marketing is like fishing in a small pond with a big net.

There were two pretty fish that lived in a small pond by the path deep in the mountain.

They found that concentrations were greatest in smaller ponds and decreased as the ponds and lakes grew larger.

Being a big fish — even in a small pond — takes a great deal of effort.

In the risk / reward debate, big fish in a small pond opt for safety.

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.

Would you rather be the big frog in a small pond or the small frog in a big pond?

I've adopted the idea of being a big fish in a small pond as the basis of almost everything in my life: career, finances, hobbies, etc..

It's like fishing in a small pond with a big net, as opposed to fishing in a big pond with a small net.

The spirit of teenage independence sings out loud and clear in Raise Your Voice, starring Hillary Duff playing Terri Fletcher - a girl with a big voice in the small pond of Flagstaff AZ..

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.

Hillary Duff plays Terri Fletcher - a girl with a big voice in the small pond of Flagstaff AZ who sets her sights on a prestigious music school in LA.

Cap would prefer to be a big man in a small pond, but as for me, I would prefer to be a tiny fish in a greater ocean.

Being this big fish in smaller ponds worked quite well for Granite City Food & Brewery as it expanded throughout the Midwest, the company says.

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

Highly doubt you've watched their games... he's a big fish in a small pond who they literally run all their play through against the same opposition we play week in / week out.

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.

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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.

But researchers are starting to explore factors such as lake depth and lake size (intuitively, it's less teeth - chattering to swim in a small pond in early summer than a big lake).

During flood periods, however, the carcasses of Allosaurus and other dinosaurs washed in and rotted in a small pond, creating an environment in which fish, turtles, and crocodiles could not survive, and other dinosaurs would not eat the carcasses.

Although gas exchange in larger lakes can be predicted by wind speed, this relationship breaks down under low - wind conditions, such as in small ponds, said Meredith Holgerson, the lead author of the study, who conducted the research while completing her Ph.D. at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES).

«We found that we can't easily predict gas exchange rates in small ponds, and that variability in gas exchange increases with lake size,» said Holgerson, who is now a research fellow at Portland State University.

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.

«It's time to swallow the bullet,» «You're a big wheel in a small pond,» and «Let's jump off that bridge when we come to it.»

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.

The performance numbers are real and disappointing, he says, but he talks about the «big ripples in a small pond» effect.

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

To actually be good, and I don't mean big fish in a small pond good, an immense amount of hours have to be sacrificed to the fighting game gods in order to hone your craft and your own fighting style in mastering your favorite character.

The first work installed is a re-edition of Narcissus Garden, originally presented by Kusama at the Venice Biennale of Art in 1966, which has been placed in the small pond adjacent to the Pond Pavillion designed by Johnson in 1962.

And as this article, Supreme Court Connection: High Court Clerks Tackle Entertainment Law (Matthew Belloni — Oct. 3, 2006), explains, Supreme Court clerks are trading in on their celebrity status in the small pond of the legal profession to represent big - time, Hollywood celebrities.

Displays are not lost in the crowd in the small pond of a solo exhibition because every artist, or lawyer, is treated is an equal.

Even though fishing is a huge industry in Alaska, you can still be the big fish in a small pond when it comes to being a medical assistant.

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.

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.

Instead, to save time and money, you want to fish in a small pond of targeted customers.

So hone in on what you can offer your specific audience and become a big fish in a small pond.

Being a bigger fish in a smaller pond, however, gives a budding CEO more control than they'd ever have elsewhere.

In a smaller pond, it's easier to see the big fish, but in the ocean of California, it can be tough to determine who the truly wealthy and active family offices are and how you can connect with them.

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

Schwartz cites research showing that the majority of people would rather be big fish in small ponds, earning $ 50,000 when others earn $ 25,000, than small fish in big ponds, earning $ 100,000 when others earn $ 200,000.

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.»

«I wanted to be a bigger fish in a smaller pond.

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.

zlatan is never coming here but ozil an sanchez will stay... they like being big fishes in small ponds... our fans begging them to stay cos they know we cant give them real success it will be next season the will get really fed up, right now they like being worshipped by london an beyond

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