sneeze at

verb

1. informal.
   intr, prep.; usually with a negative to dismiss lightly

   his offer is not to be sneezed at

Idioms and Phrases

see not to be sneezed at .

Example Sentences

And dessert was nothing to sneeze at either.

From Salon

His sway stems from far more than multimillion-dollar sales in an overheated art market, although a $12-million auction of his monumental canvas “Helter Skelter,” a 34-foot-wide meditation on the race war Charles Manson envisioned starting, is nothing to sneeze at.

From Los Angeles Times

That’s “nothing to sneeze at,” says Jenn Strang, a spokesperson for Seattle City Light.

From Seattle Times

Designing a study to measure the physical properties of mucus, however, is nothing to sneeze at.

From Science Daily

While the winds were nothing to sneeze at, the gusts are common in late spring.

From Los Angeles Times