take a backseat (to (something))

to be considered to be less important than something else.

For many kids, homework takes a backseat to sports.

• be no fool
• be no good to man or beast
• be no great shakes
• be no joke
• be no laughing matter
• be no match for
• be no match for someone
• be no match for something
• be none the wiser
• be no oil painting
• be no picnic
• be no spring chicken
• be nothing much to write home about
• be nothing short of
• be nothing short of astonishing
• be nothing short of [astonishing/miraculous etc.]
• be nothing short of miraculous
• be nothing to shout about
• be nothing to sneeze at
• be nothing to sniff at
• be no use to man or beast
• bent on
• bent on something
• bent out of shape
• be of a piece