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• small potatoes — Informal. a person or thing of little significance, importance, or value: His salary was small potatoes for an executive of his ability. [1825 35] * * * small potatoes (US) Anything of no great worth • • • Main Entry: ↑potato small potatoes… …   Useful english dictionary

• small potatoes — noun One or more persons or things of relatively little consequence, importance, or value. My paycheck is small potatoes compared to hers. Syn: peanuts, small beer, small fry …   Wiktionary

• small potatoes — Synonyms and related words: Middle America, a nobody, a nothing, bourgeoisie, burgherdom, cipher, common man, dummy, figurehead, fourth rater, insignificancy, jackstraw, lightweight, little fellow, little guy, man of straw, mediocrity, middle… …   Moby Thesaurus

• small potatoes — UK / US noun [plural] mainly American informal small beer …   English dictionary

• small potatoes — /smɔl pəˈteɪtoʊz/ (say smawl puh taytohz) plural noun Colloquial → small beer (def. 2) …  

• small beer — noun uncount MAINLY BRITISH INFORMAL SMALL POTATOES …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• small — small1 W1S1 [smo:l US smo:l] adj comparative smaller superlative smallest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(size)¦ 2¦(not important)¦ 3 no small degree/achievement/task etc 4¦(young)¦ 5 small business/firm/farmer etc 6¦(letter)¦ 7 conservative with a small c /democrat… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• small — 1 /smO:l/ adjective 1 SIZE not large in size or amount: He s a small man, only five feet tall. | Luxembourg is one of the smallest countries in Europe. | No, not that one the small one with the red handle! | a smaller increase in the inflation… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• small — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 not large or big. 2 slender; thin. 3 not great in importance, amount, number, strength, or power. 4 not much; trifling (a small token; paid small attention). 5 insignificant; unimportant (a small matter; from small… …   Useful english dictionary

• small beer — noun a) Beer with a low alcoholic content The income from gold plated widgets is small beer compared to the income from the standard ones. b) Something that is of relatively little importance. Syn: peanuts, small po …   Wiktionary

• small beer — /smɔl ˈbɪə/ (say smawl bear) noun 1. weak beer. 2. Also, small potatoes. Colloquial matters or persons of little or no importance: *what does he make of us, I wonder? We must seem pretty small beer after Alexander and Napoleon, eh? –jack bennett …