fit on the back of a postage stamp

To occupy only a very small space when written down (because there is very little content). Said of information that is very small, finite, or limited in amount or scope, usually someone's knowledge about something. I am definitely going to fail this test—what I know about Victorian poetry could fit on the back of a postage stamp! How on earth can I get a job when all of my work experience fits on the back of a postage stamp?

See also: back, fit, of, on, postage, stamp

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

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could be written on the back of a postage stamp
could fit on the back of a postage stamp
postage
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

References in periodicals archive

He need not waste his time for all they know about trees would fit on the back of a postage stamp.

Disgraceful fellers; YourSay

"What we know about Pluto today could fit on the back of a postage stamp," said Colleen Hartman, a NASA administrator.

Rocketing into the future

词组	fit on the back of a postage stamp
释义	fit on the back of a postage stamp fit on the back of a postage stamp To occupy only a very small space when written down (because there is very little content). Said of information that is very small, finite, or limited in amount or scope, usually someone's knowledge about something. I am definitely going to fail this test—what I know about Victorian poetry could fit on the back of a postage stamp! How on earth can I get a job when all of my work experience fits on the back of a postage stamp? See also: back, fit, of, on, postage, stamp Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: could be written on the back of a postage stamp could fit on the back of a postage stamp postage 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 References in periodicals archive He need not waste his time for all they know about trees would fit on the back of a postage stamp. Disgraceful fellers; YourSay "What we know about Pluto today could fit on the back of a postage stamp," said Colleen Hartman, a NASA administrator. Rocketing into the future
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