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

Then, in the end, on the other side of this, you decide how you deal with the small potatoes.

From Slate • Feb. 17, 2026

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

These women squatting, knees wide apart in their long wrapped skirts, throwing handfuls of peppers and small potatoes into hissing pans over cookfires?

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver