small time

A modest or minor level of achievement, as in Her success took her out of the small time to prime-time television. This expression was originally used in vaudeville for second-rate theaters and productions. [Early 1900s] Also see big time, def. 2.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
GÜLbahar	-	Turkish
Oyibo	-	Western African, Urhobo
Willis	WIL-is	English
Jericho	JER-i-ko (English)	Biblical
Wob	VAWP (Dutch), WAWP (Dutch)	Frisian, Dutch
Gabriella	gah-BRYEL-lah (Italian), GAWB-ree-el-law (Hungarian), ga-bree-EL-ə (English), gah-bree-EL-lah (Swedish)	Italian, Hungarian, English, Swedish