small potatoes
small potatoes
A tiny, trifling, and/or inconsequential person, thing, or amount (of something). To most people, $2,000 is a lot to spend on anything, but it's small potatoes to the country's mega rich. I've been trying to raise my concerns about the project, but I'm small potatoes to the company's upper management.
See also: potato, small
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
small potatoes
something or someone insignificant; small fry. This contract is small potatoes, but it keeps us in business till we get into the real money. Small potatoes are better than no potatoes at all.
See also: potato, small
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
small potatoes
INFORMALIf you describe something as small potatoes, you mean that it is small in amount or not important. An audience of 20,000 is small potatoes by his standards. All his influence and success are small potatoes compared with the opportunity that now lies before him.
See also: potato, small
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
small potatoes
something insignificant or unimportant.This phrase originated in mid 19th-century American use, especially in the form small potatoes and few in the hill .
2002 Science Turner calls this budget a start but says it's ‘small potatoes’ compared to what will be needed to get fuel cell cars to market.
See also: potato, small
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
small potatoes
n. something or someone insignificant. This contract is small potatoes, but it keeps us in business till we get into the real money.
See also: potato, small
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
small potatoes
An inconsequential amount or insignificant item or matter. Dating from the mid-19th century, the phrase suggests not bothering with undersized spuds while harvesting or buying the vegetable.
See also: potato, small
Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price
- small beer
- chump change
- budget dust
- spit in the ocean
- play a small part (in something)
- meat puppet
- the straw that breaks the camel's back
- the straw that breaks the donkey's back
- the straw that broke the camel's back
- the straw that broke the donkey's back