small potatoes

短语

小人物

发音

AU

词形变化

only 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One or more persons or things of relatively little consequence, importance, or value.

    习语 仅复数

    My paycheck is small potatoes compared to hers.

    He no longer works for individuals, since they are small potatoes compared to his corporate clients.

词源

A specialization of a sense of potato meaning a thing of little value, and a comment on the low value of a small potato in particular, appearing in its modern form in North America in the mid-19th century (see 1855 quotation).

来源：wiktionary