Idiom
second fiddle
Meaning
A sidekick or subordinate, or the role of such a person.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I refuse to play second fiddle to anyone.”
“After years of playing second fiddle to her famous sister, she finally started her own band.”
“In the shadow of his charismatic older brother, he had spent his entire life playing second fiddle, quietly resentful yet outwardly loyal.”
Examples
simple
“I refuse to play second fiddle to anyone.”
contextual
“After years of playing second fiddle to her famous sister, she finally started her own band.”
complex
“In the shadow of his charismatic older brother, he had spent his entire life playing second fiddle, quietly resentful yet outwardly loyal.”
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