little men—(also: little people)
1. men who are not tall:
- For lack of weight they make up by speed, and if they are little men they are the smaller targets.
2. ordinary or undistinguished people:
- Great men too often have greater faults than little men can find room for.
3. craftsmen or tradesmen doing business on a small scale:
- The potential customers are most numerous among the “little men,” that is, owners of one-man businesses.
4. fairies; elves:
- The story of his sojourn in Fairyland gradually leaked out, and men used to come and ask him about the land of the little men.
little men with hammers—(drunk-caused) headache:
- Thank fully, there were no little men with hammers inside my head. I recalled the night with a grin.