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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread idiom origin #28838 05/10/01 02:45 PM Joined: May 2001 Posts: 1 K kelly OP stranger OP kelly stranger K Joined: May 2001 Posts: 1 Does anyone know where the phrase 'big fish in a little pond' comes from? I'm having a really hard time finding out. If you don't know, do you know someone who might know? Cheers, Kelly Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted idiom origin kelly 05/10/01 02:45 PM Re: big fish -little pond wow 05/10/01 05:33 PM Re: big fish -little pond tsuwm 05/10/01 05:41 PM Re: big fish -little pond Max Quordlepleen 05/10/01 08:40 PM Re: idiom origin inselpeter 05/11/01 01:12 PM Re: idiom origin wow 05/11/01 01:55 PM Re: idiom origin Max Quordlepleen 05/11/01 06:38 PM Re: Wrong Ann wow 05/12/01 04:03 PM Re: Wrong Ann Max Quordlepleen 05/12/01 06:45 PM Re: Sigh wow 05/12/01 11:31 PM Re: Sigh Max Quordlepleen 05/12/01 11:48 PM Re: Max's pun AnnaStrophic 05/13/01 10:01 PM Re: Max's pun william 05/14/01 01:44 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,396 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (1 invisible), 743 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 41 A C Bowden 28 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,576 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,921 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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