nothing to be sneezed at

nothing to be sneezed at

Not something that should be ignored, dismissed, or treated with disdain; something that is not inconsequential. The amount of votes she managed to muster is nothing to be sneezed at. Sure, a hundred bucks isn't a huge amount to have won, but it's definitely nothing to be sneezed at!
See also: nothing, sneeze
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • assumption
  • labor under (something)
  • labor under an assumption
  • hope not
  • (I) hope not
  • not (one's) long suit
  • not for a second
  • not for a minute
  • not for a moment
  • ain't
References in periodicals archive
Arnovick's "It's Nothing To Be Sneezed At: Discursization in the Polite Bless You!" in Diachronic Pragmatics: Seven Case Studies in English Illocutionary Development (1999).
The Croydon supermodel's willowy figure was ideal for showing off the unusual outfit - proving little-known designer Ona Saez's novel idea was nothing to be sneezed at.