Sentences with phrase «in a small pond good»

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

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.

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

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.

am on Day 6 First time... has been the easiest diet ever and was 6 ponds down on the 5th Day and I agree that this diet has lots of nutrition... do nt know what the person above was talking about (dangerously low in nutrition and calories) I have been a purest with it as well and have not suffered any... my version allows Beef or skinless chicken on the meat days and does not have all the added things I have seen above; but my cravings for chocolate, ice cream, cookies etc have dissapeared... my diet also warns to take a two week break between rounds... I am hoping the next two weeks I will eat smaller portions and stick to healthy foods... then I will try for the next 10 pounds

Thanks in no small part to Pixar, DreamWorks & Illumination holding down the fort across the pond as well as the utterly charming Aardman Studios on this side of the Atlantic, animation is now no longer a playground just for kids; true, the target audience is still primarily child - like in both age & size but the best and most successful animated features now possess whip - smart humour that's definitely targeted to adults.

It's taut, impeccably written and realised drama, comparable in many ways to Paul Greengrass's similarly disquieting «Bloody Sunday» — between this and the «Red Riding» trilogy, it's an odd truth that the best filmmaking of the year so far has only appeared on the small screen on this side of the pond.

For parents who need convincing: Malcolm Gladwell wrote about the utilitarian value in going to the «lesser» school — aka the big fish / small pond effect; your kid will do best at a college where they can be in the top 10 percent, not at the most highly selective school where they may end up in the bottom half of the class.

It is clearly better to be fishing in the pond of smaller stocks especially if you are a small investor, as well as statistically cheap stocks (low P / B, low P / E, low enterprise value etc.).

An infrequent visitor — but frequent Hyatt hotel guest — like me can now look forward to better treatment at the mega resorts instead of being reduced to a small fish in a big pond.

90 % - The Horror The Turtles of my childhood were just small Sometimes I would get one for myself Sometimes I would just see one in the woods But then they sprayed with DDT and I had asthma and soon moved closer to the city Now I'm older and I saw a turtle laying it's eggs by the side of a path So did a black bird and after the turtle went back to the pond the blackbird stole it's eggs and thought they were good to eat Another turtle came along since then but I don't think it laid any eggs.

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

A lovely corner lot in one small subdivision in a formerly rural and low lying area was just too good to be true... turns out it came with the BMP pond as part of the lot!