a pocket full of small change
The fine is a lot of money to some people, but to him it's small change.
My problems are small change compared to yours.
He wasn't a major criminal. He was strictly small change.
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February 19 – March 20 Pisces, home feels ripe for small changes.—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2026 Pisces February 19 – March 20 Pisces, home feels ripe for small changes.—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2026 The embryos Egli’s team edited had no chromosomal abnormalities or large deletions and few small changes, according to the preprint.—Laura Dattaro, Scientific American, 10 June 2026 Higher rates can make monthly payments more expensive, but Kates says credit scores often play a larger role in determining borrowing costs than small changes in Federal Reserve policy.—Mike Winters, CNBC, 10 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for small change