small potatoes

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One or more persons or things of relatively little consequence, importance, or value. idiomatic,plural,plural-only
    — My paycheck is small potatoes compared to hers.

词汇关系

反义词
some pumpkins

词源

A specialization of a sense of potato meaning a thing of little value, and a comment on the low value of a small potato in particular, appearing in its modern form in North America in the mid-19th century (see 1855 quotation).
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