small

Related to small: small talk
See:
  • (it's) little wonder
  • (it's) no wonder
  • (it's) small wonder
  • a big fish in a small pond
  • a big frog in a small pond
  • A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle
  • a small cog in a large machine
  • a small cog in a large wheel
  • a small fortune
  • a small frog in a big pond
  • be grateful for small blessings
  • be grateful for small mercies
  • be grateful/thankful for small mercies
  • be on the (something) side
  • be on the cold, small, etc. side
  • be thankful for small blessings
  • be thankful for small favors
  • be thankful for small mercies
  • best things come in small packages, good things come in small packages
  • Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.
  • big fish in a small pond
  • big frog in a small pond
  • big things come in small packages
  • cog in the wheel
  • come into a (small) fortune
  • do something in a big/small way
  • don't sweat the small stuff
  • engage in small talk
  • feel small
  • frog in a small pond
  • give thanks for small blessings
  • give thanks for small mercies
  • good things come in small packages
  • great and small
  • great oaks grow from small acorns
  • in a big way
  • in a small way
  • in part
  • in small doses
  • in small part
  • it's a small world
  • it's no/small/little wonder...
  • lay low and sing small
  • lie low and sing small
  • little frog in a big pond
  • Little things please little minds
  • look/feel small
  • make (one) feel small
  • make a fortune
  • make someone feel small
  • mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small
  • no wonder
  • one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
  • play a small part (in something)
  • play a small role (in something)
  • read the small print
  • small arms
  • small beer
  • small beer/small potatoes
  • small change
  • small fortune
  • small fry
  • small hours
  • small is beautiful
  • small potatoes
  • small print
  • small talk
  • small things please small minds
  • small time
  • small wonder
  • smallest room in the house
  • small-time
  • still small voice
  • still small voice, a
  • sweat the small stuff
  • thank God for small blessings
  • thank God for small favors
  • thank God for small mercies
  • thankful for small blessings
  • the best things come in small packages
  • the early hours (of the night/morning)
  • the small hours
  • the small hours (of the night/morning)
  • the small matter of (something)
  • the small print
  • the small screen
  • the small/early hours
  • the still small voice
  • the still, small voice
  • the wee small hours (of the night/morning)
  • the world's smallest violin
References in classic literature
On their small, convulsed faces there shone the grins of true assassins.
Maggie A Girl of the Streets
Innumerable are the small and pitiable ones; and of many a proud structure, rain-drops and weeds have been the ruin.
Thus Spake Zarathustra
As my hands passed over my body they came in contact with pockets and in one of these a small parcel of matches wrapped in oiled paper.
Princess of Mars
"And your branch store absorbed the profits of the three small ones.
The Iron Heel
At sunrise the drums beat to arms, the colors were hoisted, with three rounds of small arms and three discharges of cannon.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountain
This modern branch of mathematics, unknown to the ancients, when dealing with problems of motion admits the conception of the infinitely small, and so conforms to the chief condition of motion
War and Peace
For if 'great' is the contrary of 'small', and the same thing is both great and small at the same time, then 'small' or 'great' is the contrary of itself.
Categories
I don't believe that small servant ever has anything to eat.'
The Old Curiosity Shop
Let me hear all about it, Small. Give me the facts.'
Sign of the Four
The Indian children used them in hunting the small game of the neighborhood, such as rabbits and prairie dogs; in which mongrel kind of chase they acquitted themselves with some credit.
Adventures of Captain Bonneville USA in the Rocky Mountains and
Small square rooms were there huddled together in separate groups: some of the doorways were yet standing; they were formed by a cross slab of stone only about three feet high.
The Voyage of the Beagle
"As for the house itself, to be sure," said she, "it is too small for our family, but we will make ourselves tolerably comfortable for the present, as it is too late in the year for improvements.
Sense and Sensibility
From this view of the subject it may be concluded that a pure democracy, by which I mean a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person, can admit of no cure for the mischiefs of faction.
Federalist Papers Authored by James Madison
Their house was small, for the lumber to build it had to be carried by wagon many miles.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Next morning when the cows were being driven out, the little peasant called the cow-herd in and said: 'Look, I have a little calf there, but it is still small and has to be carried.' The cow-herd said: 'All right,' and took it in his arms and carried it to the pasture, and set it among the grass.
Fairy Tales