small potatoes
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noun Informal.
a person or thing of little significance, importance, or value: His salary was small potatoes for an executive of his ability.
Origin:
1825–35
1825–35
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| small potatoes | |
| —n | |
| informal chiefly (US), (Canadian) someone or something of little significance or value, esp a small amount of money | |
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Small potatoes
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
The investment needed to provide environmentally sustainable development, as it's called, is small potatoes by comparison.
When it comes to providing an alternative source of oil, pig manure ain't no small potatoes.
If desired, serve with small potatoes or egg noodles that have been tossed with butter and parsley.
In people's minds the government is the means for making business, everything else is a small potatoes gathered for the fun of it.
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