small potatoes
Example Sentences
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As for Walmart and Apple, yes, the former sells Apple products, but that distribution channel is small potatoes compared with Apple’s own digital and physical stores and mobile carriers.
From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025
At the end of the day, some might see all these matters I’ve raised as small potatoes.
From Slate • May 22, 2025
Too many small potatoes were swept up in the indictment.
From Salon • May 15, 2024
“It is not small potatoes, it is not this small, incremental change in the way that the world works,” he said, stabbing the tip of his pencil into his notebook.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 25, 2023
We held our breath as Granda lifted up the small potatoes, then patted them under the earth again.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
