I'm not really sure I want to be a little fish in a big pond.
我不是真的很确定我想成为一条大池里的小鱼。
They have brought wine with them to the dinner party.
他们为晚宴带来了美酒。
Apparently what happened was that water collected on these tar pits, and the bigger animals like the elephants ventured out on to the apparently firm surface to drink, and were promptly bogged in the tar.