English
Etymology
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Noun
nothing to sneeze at (uncountable)
- (informal) Something that is decent, acceptable, or worthwhile.
Their music may not be worthy of radio time, but it's nothing to sneeze at.
Translations
something decent or acceptable
- Danish: ikke til at kimse ad
- Finnish: ei olla mitään valittamista (+ inessive)
- Hungarian: nem semmi, nem megvetendő, nem jelentéktelen, nem elhanyagolható
- Italian: non da buttare (literally “not [something] to throw away”)
- Polish: niezły (pl)
- Portuguese: não ser de se jogar fora (literally “not to be [something] to be thrown away”) (verb)
- Spanish: no ser moco de pavo (literally “not be [the] snood of [a] turkey”) (verb)
- Swedish: ingenting att fnysa åt
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