second-fiddle

And, eventually, there's the showdown between Paquin, secure in her rightness, and Holmes, who's been playing second-fiddle to Lila for as long as they've known each other.

Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: The Romantics Marshall Fine 2010

You gotta acknowledge, Bale doesnt mind playing second-fiddle, take public enemies for example ...

Behind the Scenes Clips from David O. Russell’s The Fighter | /Film 2010

Mr. de Margerie said that recent changes to Brazil's hydrocarbons law, for example, turned private oil companies into "little more than financiers" playing second-fiddle to national oil companies.

World Faces Oil Crunch As Demand Rises Angel Gonzalez 2011

Long used to playing second-fiddle to crosstown Hamburg SV, it began to attract a mixture of leftists, anarchists and punks—just about anyone associated with the alternative scene.

St. Pauli on the Other Side of 'Otherness' Gabriele Marcotti 2011

He's Larry, the standard portly second-fiddle figure played by Tyler Labine, a nonstop engine of virile bluster who commands every scene, and he's in nearly all of them.

The Spawn of 'Criminal Minds' Dorothy Rabinowitz 2011

Everything else is a second-fiddle me-too to someone else in the market.

Blockbuster Beyond The Grave George Anderson 2010

While some of these arguments are reasonable and should be addressed in trade talks with the Chinese, their importance in explaining the U.S. 'second-fiddle status is exaggerated.

Elizabeth Lynch: How China Beat the U.S. and Became the New Green Tech Giant 2010

While some of these arguments are reasonable and should be addressed in trade talks with the Chinese, their importance in explaining the U.S. 'second-fiddle status is exaggerated.

Elizabeth Lynch: How China Beat the U.S. and Became the New Green Tech Giant 2010

While some of these arguments are reasonable and should be addressed in trade talks with the Chinese, their importance in explaining the U.S. 'second-fiddle status is exaggerated.

Elizabeth Lynch: How China Beat the U.S. and Became the New Green Tech Giant 2010

While some of these arguments are reasonable and should be addressed in trade talks with the Chinese, their importance in explaining the U.S. 'second-fiddle status is exaggerated.

Elizabeth Lynch: How China Beat the U.S. and Became the New Green Tech Giant 2010