American Idioms and Expressions

Small Potatoes Idiom

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small potatoes
What does small potatoes mean?		 something that is not very big or important compared with other things or peopleThe amount of money for the stadium is small potatoes compared to the total cost of the Olympics.
small potatoes
What does small potatoes mean?		 something that is not very big or important compared with other things or people The amount of money for the stadium is small potatoes compared to the total cost of the Olympics.

small potatoes
What does small potatoes mean?		 something that is not very big or important compared with other things or people The amount of money for the stadium is small potatoes compared to the total cost of the Olympics.

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