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.

Examples of small potatoes in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The catastrophies that our heroine averts are awfully small potatoes — a bulldozer running amok, an amusement park ride speeding out of control, some prankish teenagers scheming to turn the girl’s shower into a steambath. — Arthur Knight, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026

While working in a kitchen at Auschwitz, my mother managed to hide several small potatoes. — Norman B. Gildin, Sun Sentinel, 9 June 2026

With so many angels hanging around, the head of a pin problem is small potatoes given the current state of the world. — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026

Anyway, all of that is small potatoes compared to the slop currently being sold in the team store. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for small potatoes

• tomatoes

Kids Definition

small potatoes

noun

: someone or something of trivial importance or worth