play second fiddle

Etymology
From the second violin in an orchestra.

Verb

 * 1)  To play a subsidiary or subordinate role to someone or something else.

Translations

 * Finnish: jäädä toiseksi
 * German:
 * Icelandic: leika aukahlutverk, vera lægra settur, mega sín minna, vinna skítverkin
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: spille annenfiolin
 * Polish: grać drugie skrzypce
 * Slovak: hrať druhé husle
 * Slovene: