nothing to sniff at

nothing to sniff 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 sniff at. Sure, a hundred bucks isn't a huge amount to have won, but it's definitely nothing to sniff at!
See also: nothing, sniff
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
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(Full disclosure: Subrin is also the sister of Tablet Magazine's Julie Subrin.) And though Firestone's specific Jewish credentials are nothing to sniff at, it turns out that in this most Jewish of museum settings, Jewish identity is not the most Jewish thing about the film.
Vision and Revision
ThatEos nothing to sniff at, though it may be only about 4 per cent of the 2008 gross domestic product of the country, which was $468 billion.
Putting a lid on it
And strong calves are nothing to sniff at, as a dairy-farming friend of mine once may well have remarked.
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The jury is out, al though Steiger points out the stats are nothing to sniff at.
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That's nothing to sniff at in a game like football.
Science delves into the injured brain
last year, so that is nothing to sniff at. Yet it does come down to that whole notion of which company is preferred, which company is going to get a supplier's best team--and its best tech.
Return on Friendliness
That's nothing to sniff at. That's something that's worth a modicum of respect.
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Since the EFP was created, the European share of the home market has grown from 23% to 25%--hardly spectacular, but an advance that is nothing to sniff at either.
Flying the Euro Film flag: EFP looks back at a decade of nurturing stars, fostering Continental cooperation