small potatoes
Example Sentences
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Those savings are not small potatoes: The skin substitutes cost taxpayers billions, and the figure has risen dramatically since before the pandemic.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
While the $6 million in damages is small potatoes for two of the world’s largest corporations, the March verdict could presage much costlier lawsuits.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
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
Yet it is also true that the very same troubles that loom catastrophically large one day can seem like small potatoes the next, particularly if even worse troubles have popped up to take their place.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
