Meaning of small potatoes | Babel Free

Definitions

One or more persons or things of relatively little consequence, importance, or value.

idiomatic, plural, plural-only

Examples

“My paycheck is small potatoes compared to hers.”

“He no longer works for individuals, since they are small potatoes compared to his corporate clients.”

“It's small potatoes for a man-o-war to be hunting poor game, like us little fore and afters."”

“The queen may have outwitted Otto, but he’s small potatoes compared to a master opponent like the Lady of Driftmark.”

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