big fish eat little fish

English

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 大魚吃小魚 / 大鱼吃小鱼 (dà yú chī xiǎo yú)

Proverb

big fish eat little fish

  1. Bigger animals, people, and companies tend to eliminate, or at least dominate, those that are smaller.

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