second fiddle
11Second Fiddle (1957 film) — Second Fiddle is a 1957 British comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Adrienne Corri, Thorley Walters, Lisa Gastoni, Bill Fraser, Richard Wattis.External links*imdb title|0050946 …
12second fiddle — Synonyms and related words: back seat, cog, commonality, commonalty, creature, flunky, follower, hoi polloi, humbleness, humility, inferior, inferiority, junior, juniority, lightweight, lower class, lower orders, lowliness, masses, minority, pawn …
13To play second fiddle — Fiddle Fid dle (f[i^]d d l), n. [OE. fidele, fithele, AS. fi[eth]ele; akin to D. vedel, OHG. fidula, G. fiedel, Icel. fi[eth]la, and perh. to E. viol. Cf. {Viol}.] 1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit. [1913 …
14second fiddle — noun Date: 1809 one that plays a supporting or subservient role …
15second fiddle — accompaniment, secondary musical instrument; intermediary, minor, marginal, junior, vice …
16second fiddle — sec′ond fid′dle n. a person serving in a subsidiary capacity …
17play second fiddle — to have a less important position or status than someone or something else : to be regarded or treated as less important a former star athlete who is not happy to play second fiddle as he nears the end of his career often + to He s not happy to …
18play second fiddle — If you play second fiddle, you take a subordinate role behind someone more important. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If you play second fiddle to another person, you accept to be second in importance to that person, or have a lower… …
19play second fiddle to someone — play second fiddle (to (someone/something)) to be in a less important position than someone or something else. Radio has been playing second fiddle to television for decades now. Usage notes: sometimes used without play Etymology: based on the… …
20play second fiddle to something — play second fiddle (to (someone/something)) to be in a less important position than someone or something else. Radio has been playing second fiddle to television for decades now. Usage notes: sometimes used without play Etymology: based on the… …
