small potatoes

pl.n. Informal 1. A person or thing regarded as unimportant.2. An insignificant amount or sum.

small potatoes

n (functioning as singular or plural) informal chiefly US and Canadian someone or something of little significance or value, esp a small amount of money

small′ pota′toes

n. an insignificant person or thing. [1825–35]

Thesaurus

small potatoes

nounSomething or things that are unimportant:fiddle-faddle, frippery, frivolity, froth, minutia, nonsense, small change, trifle, trivia, triviality.

small potatoes

A tiny, trifling, and/or inconsequential person, thing, or amount (of something). To most people, $2,000 is a lot to spend on anything, but it's small potatoes to the country's mega rich. I've been trying to raise my concerns about the project, but I'm small potatoes to the company's upper management.See also: potato, small

small potatoes

something or someone insignificant; small fry. This contract is small potatoes, but it keeps us in business till we get into the real money. Small potatoes are better than no potatoes at all.See also: potato, small

small potatoes

INFORMALIf you describe something as small potatoes, you mean that it is small in amount or not important. An audience of 20,000 is small potatoes by his standards. All his influence and success are small potatoes compared with the opportunity that now lies before him.See also: potato, small

small potatoes

something insignificant or unimportant. This phrase originated in mid 19th-century American use, especially in the form small potatoes and few in the hill . 2002 Science Turner calls this budget a start but says it's ‘small potatoes’ compared to what will be needed to get fuel cell cars to market. See also: potato, small

small potatoes

n. something or someone insignificant. This contract is small potatoes, but it keeps us in business till we get into the real money. See also: potato, small

small potatoes

An inconsequential amount or insignificant item or matter. Dating from the mid-19th century, the phrase suggests not bothering with undersized spuds while harvesting or buying the vegetable.See also: potato, small

单词	small potatoes
释义	small potatoes small potatoes pl.n. Informal 1. A person or thing regarded as unimportant.2. An insignificant amount or sum. small potatoes n (functioning as singular or plural) informal chiefly US and Canadian someone or something of little significance or value, esp a small amount of money small′ pota′toes n. an insignificant person or thing. [1825–35] Thesaurus small potatoes nounSomething or things that are unimportant:fiddle-faddle, frippery, frivolity, froth, minutia, nonsense, small change, trifle, trivia, triviality. small potatoes small potatoes A tiny, trifling, and/or inconsequential person, thing, or amount (of something). To most people, $2,000 is a lot to spend on anything, but it's small potatoes to the country's mega rich. I've been trying to raise my concerns about the project, but I'm small potatoes to the company's upper management.See also: potato, small small potatoes something or someone insignificant; small fry. This contract is small potatoes, but it keeps us in business till we get into the real money. Small potatoes are better than no potatoes at all.See also: potato, small small potatoes INFORMALIf you describe something as small potatoes, you mean that it is small in amount or not important. An audience of 20,000 is small potatoes by his standards. All his influence and success are small potatoes compared with the opportunity that now lies before him.See also: potato, small small potatoes something insignificant or unimportant. This phrase originated in mid 19th-century American use, especially in the form small potatoes and few in the hill . 2002 Science Turner calls this budget a start but says it's ‘small potatoes’ compared to what will be needed to get fuel cell cars to market. See also: potato, small small potatoes n. something or someone insignificant. This contract is small potatoes, but it keeps us in business till we get into the real money. See also: potato, small small potatoes An inconsequential amount or insignificant item or matter. Dating from the mid-19th century, the phrase suggests not bothering with undersized spuds while harvesting or buying the vegetable.See also: potato, small small potatoes noun Synonyms for small potatoes noun something or things that are unimportant Synonyms fiddle-faddle frippery frivolity froth minutia nonsense small change trifle trivia triviality
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noun something or things that are unimportant

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