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
Zenon	ZE-nawn (Polish)	Ancient Greek, Polish
Martynas	-	Lithuanian
Fleurette	flə-RET (English)	French (Rare), Dutch (Rare), English (Rare)
Anat (1)	-	Near Eastern Mythology
Izanami	-	Far Eastern Mythology
Oedipus	ED-i-pəs (English), EED-i-pəs (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized)