| Subject | English | Russian |
| polit. | a school of small fry | стайка рыбной мелочи (bigmaxus) |
| Gruzovik, fig. | a small fry | козявка |
| fig.of.sp. | a small fry who thinks he is a big fish | шишка на ровном месте (Leonid Dzhepko) |
| inf. | be a small fry | ничего не решать (4uzhoj) |
| proverb, disappr. | belong to the small fry | мелко плавать |
| ital. | I'm only a small fry | я человек маленький (в контексте 4uzhoj) |
| context. | I'm only a small fry | мне-то что (в знач. "я человек маленький" 4uzhoj) |
| chess.term. | Only small fry plays in this tournament | в этом турнире играет одна мелкая сошка |
| gen. | small fry | мальки |
| gen. | small fry | мелкий |
| gen. | small fry | доходяга (Artjaazz) |
| inf., obs. | small fry | сволота |
| inf. | small fry | козявка |
| inf. | small fry | ребятишки |
| gen. | small fry | мелочь |
| inf., obs. | small fry | сволочить |
| inf. | small fry | рядовой (The designation essentially severs the institution from the global banking system, but it is only a small-fry player. 4uzhoj) |
| Gruzovik, obs. | small fry | сволота (= сво́лочь) |
| fig. | small fry | шавка (Anglophile) |
| fig. | small fry | меньший брат |
| fig., coll. | small fry | плотвица |
| Gruzovik, fig. | small fry | плотва |
| coll., inf. | small fry | живность |
| contempt. | small fry | мелюзга |
| slang | small fry | дети |
| idiom. | small fry | мелкая птаха (Liv Bliss) |
| contempt. | small fry | мелкота |
| ichtyol. | small fry | насада (двухлетки) |
| gen. | small fry | мелкая сошка (He may be the big man back home, but he's a small fry here. • He claimed that 95 per cent of the force was corrupt and said he was only 'a small fry compared with what my fellow officers were taking. • He is only a small fry, there's no need to bother with him. • The prosecution did not go after the alleged big operator behind the crime, instead targeting a small fry while allowing the big sharks to escape.) |
| gen. | small fry | рыбья мелочь (I *think* this is better for US usage Liv Bliss) |
| Gruzovik, fig. | small fry | меньшой брат |
| ichtyol. | small fry | аллосмер (Allosmerus elongatus) |
| Игорь Миг, child. | small fry | масик |
| Игорь Миг, child. | small fry | малявка |
| manag. | small fry | маленький человек (Ремедиос_П) |
| derog. | small fry | ребятня |
| humor. | small fry | отставной козы барабанщик (Anglophile) |
| Gruzovik, fig. | small fry | меньша́я братия |
| fig., coll. | small fry | плотица |
| fig., coll. | small fry | плотва |
| fig. | small fry | меньшая братия |
| Gruzovik, obs. | small fry | сво́лочь |
| Gruzovik, inf. | small fry | рыбёшка |
| inf. | small fry | сявка (george serebryakov) |
| inf., obs. | small fry | сволочь |
| gen. | small fry | мелкая рыбёшка |
| slang | small fry small-fry | дети |
| slang | small fry small-fry | ничего из себя не представляющий |
| slang | small fry small-fry | ребёнок |
| slang | small fry small-fry | неизвестный |
| Makarov. | small-fry | ребячий |
| gen. | small-fry | детский |
| gen. | small-fry | мелкий |
| fish.farm. | small-fry | частик (Alexander Demidov) |
| inf. | small-fry | мелкого пошиба (The designation essentially severs the institution from the global banking system, but it is only a small-fry player. • A key suspect in the Bali bomb attacks told an Indonesian court on Thursday that he was only a "small-fry terrorist". 4uzhoj) |
| gen. | small-fry | ребячий |
| Makarov. | small-fry | детский |
| gen. | small-fry | ничтожный |
| gen. | small-fry | незначительный |
| Makarov. | small-fry politician | мелкий политикан |
| Makarov. | small-fry sports | спорт для маленьких |
