small time

Puppet · #1 (permalink) Fri Dec 10, 2010 11:51 am *small time*

Hi,

What that means?

small time.... Does it mean ''for a while'' ?

There's an american movies called ''Small time crooks''.

Alan · #2 (permalink) Fri Dec 10, 2010 11:55 am *small time*

Hi,

'Small time' is used here to mean 'unimportant' or 'insignificant'. The opposite is 'big time'.

Alan
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Puppet · #3 (permalink) Sat Dec 11, 2010 13:30 pm *small time*

Thank you, sir.

Big Help.

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