a (damn) sight less/fewer (something)
a (damn) sight less/fewer (something)
Quite a lot less or fewer of something (than someone or something). "Damn" is used to emphasize the degree to which an amount is less/fewer. ("Less" is used when discussing uncountable nouns, while "fewer" is used with countable nouns.) We were much busier than we had expected, so we had a sight fewer staff than we needed. Excuse me, she has a damn sight less experience than I do in this matter, so I'll thank you to refer to me in the future.
See also: less, sight
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- even/much/still less
- much less
- less
- under (someone's or something's) shadow
- tighten one's belt, to
- under the shadow of (someone or something)
- in the shadow of (someone or something)
- in/under the shadow of
- little frog in a big pond
- a little frog in a big pond