small potatoes

Example Sentences

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That’s not small potatoes considering “these are the three largest economies in the world and this scenario would have material ramifications for the global economy,” the strategists write.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

Too many small potatoes were swept up in the indictment.

From Salon • May 15, 2024

The talk of pandas, then, might seem like small potatoes.

From Slate • Nov. 16, 2023

“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

I go straight to the market after the factory and buy what’s left, which is a ten-pound sack of small potatoes, some carrots, and four onions.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron