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

Small Potatoes by stanzz October 28, 2006

small potatoes 

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: Fucking bloody hell
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

small potatoes by Jason12 October 5, 2006

Small potatoes 

Not a big deal

After a fuck she enjoys arsenic in small potatoes.

Small potatoes by Hardly Q January 4, 2021

small potatoes 

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-nigga what potatoes got to do wit dis?

small potatoes by zxulu tha big lip bandit November 18, 2004

small potatoes 

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: Fucking bloody hell
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

small potatoes by Jason12 September 23, 2008

Small potatoes 

A small detail brought up in an underhanded and anal way, in an effort to undermine one’s preparedness

Jacob asking me what a vitreous humor was in our mock trial was straight small potatoes.
Total ass move tbh

Small potatoes by Not Ty Drayton May 8, 2025

Small potatoes 

A small detail that one would bring up in an underhanded and anal way. In an effort to undermine and impeach one’s preparedness.

Jacob asking me what a vitreous humor was in our mock trial was straight small potatoes. Total ass move tbh.

Small potatoes by Not Ty Drayton May 8, 2025