small-potatoes
Hardly worth mentioning
Small-potatoes describes something trivial or insignificant—not worth serious attention.
The image is of undersized potatoes, barely worth harvesting.
Usually appears after a linking verb: That's small-potatoes compared to what we're dealing with now.
The noun phrase small potatoes works the same way: A million dollars is small potatoes to them.
Lacking significance or weight
- minorScale with lowered third
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
- negligibleToo small to consider
- pettyOf little importance
unimportant · trifling · paltry · lightweight · nothing · pittance · peanuts · chump-change
Shoulder gesture of uncertainty
- brush-offAbrupt, dismissive rejection
- overlookMiss or commanding view
- ignoreRefuse to notice
- disregardWillful lack of attention
discount · scoff · belittle · downplay · minimize · write-off · snub · slight
Highest competitive rank
- heavy-hitterInfluential, powerful person
- whaleHuge sea mammal
- big-shotInfluential, powerful person
- kingpinCriminal organization's leader
mogul · titan · powerhouse · outclassed · overshadowed · dwarfed · eclipsed · outranked
New business enterprise
- mom-and-popSmall owner-operated enterprise
- modestLacking in pretension
- penny-anteTrivially small in scope
- shoestringCord for footwear
bootstrap · local · niche · fledgling · scrappy · underdog · struggling · grassroots
trivial
Lacking significance or weight
- minorScale with lowered third
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
- negligibleToo small to consider
petty · unimportant · trifling · paltry · lightweight · nothing · pittance · peanuts · chump-change · bush-league
shrug
Shoulder gesture of uncertainty
disregard · discount · scoff · belittle · downplay · minimize · write-off · snub · slight · whatever
major-league
Highest competitive rank
- heavy-hitterInfluential, powerful person
- whaleHuge sea mammal
- big-shotInfluential, powerful person
kingpin · mogul · titan · powerhouse · outclassed · overshadowed · dwarfed · eclipsed · outranked · upstaged
startup
New business enterprise
- mom-and-popSmall owner-operated enterprise
- modestLacking in pretension
- penny-anteTrivially small in scope
shoestring · bootstrap · local · niche · fledgling · scrappy · underdog · struggling · grassroots
small-potatoesbig deal
Important matter or occurrence
major · significant · important · consequential · momentous
small-potatoesbig-time
At top professional level
major league · big league · heavyweight · large-scale · massive
small, smaller, smallest, smallish, smallness, potato, potatoes