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 into insignificance.
See also: fade

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Anej-Slovene
MickeyMIK-eeEnglish
LondonLUN-dənEnglish (Modern)
Cloe-Spanish, Italian
Lara (1)LAHR-ə (English), LAH-rah (German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese)Russian, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian
HelenHEL-ən (English)English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Greek Mythology (Anglicized)