词汇 | mighty small potatoes and few to a hill |
词源 | mighty small potatoes and few to a hill. This old American- ism is heard more often today in its abbreviated form small po- tatoes. Both expressions mean someone or something of little consequence, insignificant, and were first recorded in 1831. A variation is small potatoes and few in a hill. |
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