Supposedly it is all minor —all small stuff, small fry; it will have no effect.
The two men so far convicted were small fry.
This too is, in my view, another example of a big-country strategy: 'the small fry will just have to wait'.
He takes no cognisance of the pattern of fraudulent collecting and the convictions for collecting without permits, which unfortunately merely deal with the small fry.
As with major crimes, the police nail the small fry but the bigger culprit continues to enjoy unscathed his large house and fat income.
If it does so, much of what we are talking about is small fry compared to what will in fact happen.
In the inflated terms of the day, £6 million spread over the next five years sounds fairly small fry.
It will not enhance the court's legitimacy if the only people prosecuted are small fry and losers.
