be nothing to sneeze/sniff at

American & Australian, informal

(not) to be sneezed/sniffed at - if something or someone is not to be sneezed at, they are important or dangerous enough to deserve serious attention.

Blizzards with a foot of snow are nothing to sneeze at even in the mid-West.

• hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
• hand-to-mouth
• hand to on a plate
• hand to on a platter
• put something on the map
• put something on the shelf
• put something out of action
• put something out of its misery
• put something out of mind
• put something out of misery
• put something out of their misery
• put something out of your mind
• put something over the top
• put something right
• put something through
• put something through paces
• put something through their paces
• put something to bed
• put something to sleep
• put something to the test
• put something toward
• put something toward something
• put something under the microscope
• put stick in two penn'orth
• put stick in your two penn'orth