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
Diot-Medieval English
Marcelomahr-THE-lo (Spanish), mahr-SE-lo (Latin American Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese
Margery['ma:dʒəri]
GudrunGOOD-roon (German)Norse Mythology, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German
Jacqueline['dʒækli:n]
Agatha['ægəθə]