Small Potatoes
small, insignificant; small or insignificant in quant-ty
comes from the irish potatoe famine from 1845 – 1849, as potatoes was the main food source in ireland. used to describe the small surviving potatoes that were picked
those coins are small potatoes; we’re not going to use them later on
something that is of small importance or is little.
from the show “dead like me”:
mason: are you going to finish those hashbrowns?
roxie: probably not
(takes them from her plate and eats them. roxie stabs him with her
knife but he movs his hand just in time)
mason: f-cking bl–dy h-ll
roxie: i’m outta here
mason: did you see that? i mean just because i wanted some of her hashbrowns
rube: i was there
mason: i’ve never seen such violence over such small potatoes
rube: oh, that was almost clever
mason: why was almost clever rube?
rube: the thing about the hashbrowns being small potatoes
mason: i don’t get it. because hashbrowns are small potatoes
rube: never mind
the name of a lower ranked employee, unpopular friend or person.
colleague: “you should get a promotion.”
you:”oh, not me, i’m just a small potato.”
friend: “whose that girl standing there?”
you: “mary? ah, no-one, she’s just a small potato.”
something that is of small importance or is little.
from the show “dead like me”:
mason: are you going to finish those hashbrowns?
roxie: probably not
(takes them from her plate and eats them. roxie stabs him with her
knife but he movs his hand just in time)
mason: f-cking bl–dy h-ll
roxie: i’m outta here
mason: did you see that? i mean just because i wanted some of her hashbrowns
rube: i was there
mason: i’ve never seen such violence over such small potatoes
rube: oh, that was almost clever
mason: why was almost clever rube?
rube: the thing about the hashbrowns being small potatoes
mason: i don’t get it. because hashbrowns are small potatoes
rube: never mind
i really dont know the background of this saying but you say it refering to something small.
me-now dog,why would you cause thisfracas with your dad over such small potatoes?
chris-n-gg- what potatoes got to do wit dis?
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