big fish in a small pond

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Singular
big fish in a small pond

Plural
big fishes in small ponds

big fish in a small pond (plural big fishes in small ponds)

  1. (idiomatic) One who has achieved a high rank or is highly esteemed, but only in a small, relatively unimportant, or little known location or organization.
    Dr. Jones could get a professorship at an Ivy League university, but he enjoys being a big fish in a small pond too much to ever leave Hannover College.

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