They want to be big fish in a little pond.

I am a very big fish in a little pond.

His mind is receptive to the thoughts of others, which until now has made him a big fish in a little pond.

"There's something to be said for being a big fish in a little pond when you're young," says Professor Gardner.

A big fish in a little pond: Sam had got his wish at a terrible price.)

Wood asks to see the script and reflects on how good it feels to be a big fish in a little pond (Somebody).

"I never wanted to be a big fish in a little pond like I could have been in Georgia.

Back home, a big fish in a little pond, our daughter gets good roles; but here, surrounded by aspiring stars, she is just one of the pack.

We are a big fish in a little pond, which is why I'm not focusing on trying to be in Manhattan, as far as the office."

I remember what folk said back in the country: " 'Tain't nothi wrong with being a big fish in a little pond."

"He wanted to be a big fish in a little pond," my grandfather would tell me, with what I once thought was amusement but, I now realize, may have been resentment.

He chose the University of Toledo because "I thought it would be best to be a big fish in a little pond," he told an alumni magazine in 1996.

The members of the baron's family are described briefly and humorously: the baron (a big fish in a little pond); his fat, dignified wife; his beautiful daughter and worthy son.

At secondary airports, we become the big fish in a little pond as opposed to being a little fish in a big sea," said Ms. Turneabe-Connelly of Southwest.

He retired a year later with 337 home runs for a nine-year career that included one game with Triple-A Milwaukee, the highest level achieved by baseball's biggest fish in a little pond.

When I interviewed Mr. Pisarev in Calgary last year, I wondered why he chose to remain a big fish in a little pond rather than join the Bolshoi.

He's not a guy who wants to be a big fish in a small pond.

You can be a very big fish in a small pond."

But it's better to be a big fish in a small pond than the other way around."

"A big fish in a small pond has no place to swim," he said.

I mean, would I be a big fish in a small pond, or what?

I began to think I'd be better off as a bigger fish in a smaller pond."

He had gone from being a big fish in a small pond to being nobody.

You could become a big fish in a small pond and soon be invited to swim downstream.

"We don't want to remain a big fish in a small pond.

Performers are finding that it's better to be a bigger fish in a smaller pond.

A capital citizen might enjoy being a big fish in a small pond."

Big fish in a small pond, perhaps - but a very fierce pond.

Many of those executives, in turn, have relished the chance to be big fish in a small pond.

At 105 pounds and 5 feet 2 inches on tiptoes, Bravo does not quite fit the stereotype of a big fish in a small pond.

One senses this may have been the beginning of his demeanor, which is bohemian-princely: his family were big fish in a small pond.

'If I'm honest, it's nicer being a big fish in a small pond than vice versa.

SDSU will truly be the biggest fish in a smaller pond.

The severe drop in preference points illustrates more acutely the ancient principle of being a big fish in a small pond.

He has always liked to see himself as a big fish in a small pond, with his steely, domineering manner and feeling of superior intellect."

Dad, a k a Gareth van Meer, is a big fish in a small pond.

Sarah Wolfson, a student soprano, says she felt compelled to apply because "I didn't want to be just the big fish in a small pond."

"We're big fish in a small pond," said the editor of the school newspaper, Christine Whelan, one of this year's 31 graduates.

The selectors contend that Bucknell is a big fish in a small pond, building its regular-season record against weaker teams.

The blue-blood former chairman of the Town Planning Board, who relished the power of a big fish in a small pond.

On Friday night the five members of Fannypack were big fish in a small pond: the Knitting Factory.