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small potatoes

小土豆,小薯仔,小薯,小型马铃薯

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Informal.

    • : a person or thing of little significance, importance, or value: His salary was small potatoes for an executive of his ability.

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Examples

  • Something like fluoride, which is too small for normal filters, yanks away that feeling of agency.

  • And yes, someone has already called Spencer a “Small Fry,” har har.

  • It was seen by a small delegation of star-struck prelates and dignitaries who later described the film as “moving.”

  • The judges who handle arraignments at criminal court in all five boroughs have a small fraction of their usual caseloads.

  • Inside the guild, men in caps and long gowns sit in twos, weaving together in small rooms.

  • The Duchess had also a tent for their sick men; so that we had a small town of our own here, and every body employed.

  • Suddenly, however, he became aware of a small black spot far ahead in the very middle of the unencumbered track.

  • He is perplexed and hindered by the lack of soldiers, but is doing his best with his small forces.

  • A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.

  • Before the outlaw can comply with this small request the horn sounds again.