small potatoes

noun

US, informal

: someone or something that is not important or impressive

Last week's storm was small potatoes compared to the blizzard we had two years ago.

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For teams like the Dominican Republic, the WBC is far from small potatoes. —

Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2023

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