small potatoes

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noun (used with a singular or plural verb) Informal.

a person or thing of little significance, importance, or value: His salary was small potatoes for an executive of his ability.

Origin of small potatoes

First recorded in 1825–35

Words nearby small potatoes

small intestine, small letter, small pastern bone, small pelvis, small pica, small potatoes, small pudendal lips, small saphenous vein, small screen, small slam, small stores

Words related to small potatoes

fiddle-faddle, frippery, frivolity, froth, memorabilia, minutia, minutiae, nonsense, trifle, triviality

British Dictionary definitions for small potatoes

small potatoes

noun (functioning as singular or plural)

informal, mainly US and Canadian someone or something of little significance or value, esp a small amount of money