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.
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Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Celsius ultimately declared bankruptcy, but that’s small potatoes compared to what happened to FTX, the cryptocurrency exchange founded by Sam Bankman-Fried, who was famously convicted of seven counts of fraud and is now serving 25 years in prison.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
For teams like the Dominican Republic, the WBC is far from small potatoes.
—Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2023
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Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Celsius ultimately declared bankruptcy, but that’s small potatoes compared to what happened to FTX, the cryptocurrency exchange founded by Sam Bankman-Fried, who was famously convicted of seven counts of fraud and is now serving 25 years in prison.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
For teams like the Dominican Republic, the WBC is far from small potatoes.
—Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2023
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“Small potatoes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/small%20potatoes. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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