small potatoes

noun

US, informal
: someone or something that is not important or impressive
Last week's storm was small potatoes compared to the blizzard we had two years ago.

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Anyway, all of that is small potatoes compared to the slop currently being sold in the team store. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026 With so many angels hanging around, the head of a pin problem is small potatoes given the current state of the world. — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026 While working in a kitchen at Auschwitz, my mother managed to hide several small potatoes. — Norman B. Gildin, Sun Sentinel, 9 June 2026 For teams like the Dominican Republic, the WBC is far from small potatoes. — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for small potatoes

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“Small potatoes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/small%20potatoes. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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small potatoes

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: someone or something of trivial importance or worth
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