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small potatoes /ˌsmɔːl pəˈteɪtəʊz / informal Something insignificant or unimportant: her business was small potatoes beside his empire...- In a year when our public school board was usurped by a provincial appointee and the prospect of a 40-cent TTC fare hike was raised, these achievements may seem like small potatoes.
- It's also small potatoes when compared to the estimated $464 million Ottawa spent on drug enforcement between 1999-2000.
- I realize that this is small potatoes in the grand scheme of government encroachments into private enterprise, but it is a no-brainer for someone who even leans libertarian.
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