What Does “big fish in a small pond” mean?
Definition:
One who has achieved a high rank or is highly esteemed, but only in a small, relatively unimportant, or little known location or organization.
Another variation of this idiom is:
a big frog in a small pond
Example(s)
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 Hanover College.
This idiom is in the animals category.
