Akademik

• ПТИЦА НИЗКОГО (НЕВЫСОКОГО) ПОЛЕТА; НЕВЕЛИКА ПТИЦА all coll, condes or rather derog

[NP; usu. subj-compl with copula, variants with полета nom or instrum, last var. - nom only (subj: human)]

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⇒ a person whose social status, position at work, rank etc is low, or is considered by the speaker to be low. small fry; small potatoes; little fish; (being a [NP] etc is) no big deal.

     ♦ "Игорь днями мне заявил: "Третий секретарь - подумаешь, невелика птица"" (Гроссман 2). "Igor said to me the other day, 'Third secretary-that's no big deal'" (2a)