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there's always a bigger fish

there's always a bigger fish proverb: no matter how large or intimidating a person or thing is, there is likely to be an even larger or more intimidating person or thing somewhere.

Proverb

there's always a bigger fish

  1. No matter how large or intimidating a person or thing is, there is likely to be an even larger or more intimidating person or thing somewhere.

Questions about there's always a bigger fish

What does there's always a bigger fish mean?
There's always a bigger fish means no matter how large or intimidating a person or thing is, there is likely to be an even larger or more intimidating person or thing somewhere.
What part of speech is there's always a bigger fish?
There's always a bigger fish is a proverb.

Words near there's always a bigger fish in the dictionary

  1. there's a rotten apple in every barrel
  2. there's a sucker born every minute
  3. there's a thought
  4. there's a time and a place for everything
  5. there's a time and place for everything
  6. there's always a bigger fish
  7. there's been
  8. there's been an accident
  9. there's life in the old dog yet
  10. there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle
  11. there's many a slip between the cup and the lip

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