small potatoes
One or more persons or things of relatively little consequence, importance, or valueOne or more persons or things of relatively little consequence, importance, or value.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic, plural, plural only)One or more persons or things of relatively little consequence, importance, or value.
My paycheck is small potatoes compared to hers.
He no longer works for individuals, since they are small potatoes compared to his corporate clients.
Origin
A specialization of a sense of potato meaning a thing of little value, and a comment on thA specialization of a sense of potato meaning a thing of little value, and a comment on the low value of a small potato in particular, appearing in its modern form in North America in the mid-19th century (see 1855 quotation).
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Forms
plural: small potatoeses| Singular | small potatoes |
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Synonyms
5 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsSee also
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