Small Potatoes

small, insignificant; small or insignificant in quantity

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
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call someone on the carpet

To call someone into question; to question one's action
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to be critical of a present or gift
Despite thought put into the gift, he decided to look a gift horse in the mouth and commented on the cheapness of the gift
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Wear Blinders

a.k.a. wear blinkers

to be ignorant or restricted in sight, as if wearing blinkers or blinkers

blinkers are devices use to restrict the sight of horses
You're never gonna be content if you don't try, try to see outside your line
There you go, you did it again!
You act as if there's a blinder on your eyes
-Glass, by incubus

only horses wear blinders, dude
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pocket one's pride

To give up one's dignity or pride
to pocket one's pride
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freshman senator

any new senator ex. jeff addler is a freshman senator
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