pale into insignificance

pale into insignificance
pale into insignificance phrase
to suddenly seem small and unimportant when compared with something much more important or impressive

Last year’s spending pales into insignificance when compared with the proposed building renovations.

Thesaurus: to be unimportantsynonym
Main entry: insignificance

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ˈpale beside/next to sth | ˈpale in/by comparison (with/to sth) | ˈpale into insignificance idiom
to seem less important when compared with sth else

Last year's riots pale in comparison with this latest outburst of violence.

Our problems pale into insignificance when compared to theirs.

Main entry:paleidiom

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  • pale into insignificance — to suddenly seem small and unimportant when compared with something much more important or impressive Last year s spending pales into insignificance when compared with the proposed building renovations …   English dictionary

  • fade into insignificance — fade/pale into insignificance if something pales into insignificance, it does not seem at all important when compared to something else. When your child s ill, everything else pales into insignificance. With the outbreak of war all else fades… …   New idioms dictionary

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  • pale beside to something — ˈpale beside/next to sth | ˈpale in/by comparison (with/to sth) | ˈpale into insignificance idiom to seem less important when compared with sth else • Last year s riots pale in comparison with this latest outburst of violence. • Our problems pale …   Useful english dictionary

  • pale next to something — ˈpale beside/next to sth | ˈpale in/by comparison (with/to sth) | ˈpale into insignificance idiom to seem less important when compared with sth else • Last year s riots pale in comparison with this latest outburst of violence. • Our problems pale …   Useful english dictionary

  • pale in comparison (with something) — ˈpale beside/next to sth | ˈpale in/by comparison (with/to sth) | ˈpale into insignificance idiom to seem less important when compared with sth else • Last year s riots pale in comparison with this latest outburst of violence. • Our problems pale …   Useful english dictionary

  • pale by comparison (with something) — ˈpale beside/next to sth | ˈpale in/by comparison (with/to sth) | ˈpale into insignificance idiom to seem less important when compared with sth else • Last year s riots pale in comparison with this latest outburst of violence. • Our problems pale …   Useful english dictionary

  • pale in comparison (to something) — ˈpale beside/next to sth | ˈpale in/by comparison (with/to sth) | ˈpale into insignificance idiom to seem less important when compared with sth else • Last year s riots pale in comparison with this latest outburst of violence. • Our problems pale …   Useful english dictionary

  • pale by comparison (to something) — ˈpale beside/next to sth | ˈpale in/by comparison (with/to sth) | ˈpale into insignificance idiom to seem less important when compared with sth else • Last year s riots pale in comparison with this latest outburst of violence. • Our problems pale …   Useful english dictionary

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