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
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
I think they thought they were making a point that the investigation is just small potatoes and it’s not going to go anywhere.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2023
“He could help if he wanted. This is small potatoes for him,” I say.
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
