small

great and small: seegreat.

in small doses: seedose.

the (wee) small hours the early hours of the morning immediately after midnight.

small is beautiful the belief that something small-scale is better than a large-scale equivalent.

☞ Small is Beautiful is the title of a book by E. F. Schumacher, published in 1973. The phrase is best known through its adoption as a slogan by environmentalists.

small beer something trivial or insignificant. chiefly British

☞ Originally, small beer meant literally 'weak beer'.

2005Observer Music Monthly Getting called a 'Paki' by ill-informed racists was very small beer compared to being shot at by Sinhalese government forces chasing her father.

a small fortune: seefortune.

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.

2012Guardian Isn't a budget of $100m small potatoes by the standard of today's blockbuster movie?

small print inconspicuous details or conditions printed in an agreement or contract, especially ones that may prove unfavourable.

☞ Such details are typically printed in small type.

the small screen television as a medium (as opposed to cinema).

it's (or what) a small world used to express surprise at meeting an acquaintance or discovering a personal connection in a distant place or an unexpected context.

with a small - used of the first letter of a word that has both a general and a specific use to show that in this case the general use is intended.

2012CNN transcripts I am a Democrat, but I'm a democrat with a small d. I care about our democracy.