small stuff
Details not worth worrying
Small stuff is thin rope or cordage, typically under an inch in circumference, used for lighter tasks aboard ships—seizing, lashing, and serving.
The phrase don't sweat the small stuff comes from this nautical sense: minor rigging that doesn't bear the vessel's main loads.
By extension, small stuff means trivial matters not worth worrying about.
- seizingTaking forcible possession
- triflesInsignificant things
- marlineTarred two-ply twine
- minutiaePetty precise particulars
- trivialitiesInsignificant matters
rope · pettiness · crumb · mote · unimportance · insignificance · particle · shard · inconsequentialities · nitty gritty · tiny · tidbits · pebble · negligible · minuscule · trinkets · doodads · odds
- nonproblemsnonissues, trifles, trivia, molehills, false alarms
small stuffbig deal
Important matter or occurrence
priorities · essentials · fundamentals · heart of the matter · dealbreakers
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