could be written on the back of a postage stamp
could be written on the back of a postage stamp
cliché Of information, very small, finite, or limited in amount or scope; able to fit in a very small space when written down (because there is very little content). Said especially of someone's knowledge about something. I am definitely going to fail this test—everything I know about Victorian poetry could be written on the back of a postage stamp! How on earth can I get a job when all of my work experience could be written on the back of a postage stamp? My grandfather came from a period in time when the amount of training spent on worker safety could have been written on the back of a postage stamp.
See also: back, could, of, on, postage, stamp, written
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- could fit on the back of a postage stamp
- postage
- fit on the back of a postage stamp
- nipperkin
- play a small part (in something)
- increase by leaps and bounds
- in leaps and bounds
- by leaps and bounds
- by/in leaps and bounds
- grow by leaps and bounds