small potatoes

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  N-UNCOUNT If you say that something is small potatoes, you mean that it is unimportant in comparison with something else. 不足道的小事; 小人物 [美国英语] [非正式]

  例：

  Our monumental worries are often small potatoes in the larger scheme of life.

  天大的忧虑在生活的汪洋中也不过是沧海一粟。