not to be sneezed at



not to be sneezed at

Also, nothing to sneeze at. Not to be ignored or dismissed, as in It's a great honor, not to be sneezed at, or That salary of his is nothing to sneeze at. This expression presumably alludes to turning up one's nose in disdain. [c. 1800]
See also: not, sneeze

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
BrÍD-Irish
Gul-Urdu, Pashto
Maja (2)MIE-ah (German, Polish)Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Slovene, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Czech, Slovak
Jen[dʒen]
Zarah-Biblical
Iuvenalis-Ancient Roman