I always love your questions Pelin - where are you finding these? To be "small-time" means to be insignificant or very small in power and experience. For example: "You've only just started in this company. In comparison to him, you're small-time!" Another way to say the same sentence would be: "In comparison to him, you have no experience or power in this workplace yet". The opposite, is "big-time". For example: "Wow, he is so good at basketball, he could make it big-time!!" I hope that helps you Pelin. Tom