Pale into insignificance In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "pale into insignificance", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Julia Huong calendar 2021-10-23 09:10

Meaning of Pale into insignificance

Pale into insignificance verb phrase

To seem much more unimportant when compared with something else

That flood pales into insignificance when compared with this tsunami.

This little loss pales into insignificance compared to my gain.

Our difficulties pale into insignificance against the losses they are suffering.

I have spent many years researching this problem, but I still haven't found an answer, so your efforts in the past 6 months pale into insignificance.

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Come to the fore

To become important or obvious

it makes no odds
It does not matter; it is not important.
pale beside/next to something pale in/by comparison (with/to something) pale into insignificance

be less importance, less outstanding in comparison with something else

bulk large

Used to describe something that has great influence or importance

 

big noise

1. A person who is important, successful, or influential

2. The most recent or latest scandal or breaking news

Grammar and Usage of Pale into insignificance

Verb Forms

  • paled into insignificance
  • pales into insignificance
  • paling into insignificance
  • to pale into insignificance

The verb “pale” should be conjugated according to its tense.

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