little old someone or something
- little old someone or something
little old someone or something
ordinary;
harmless. (
Said to downplay or minimize the importance of something.) •
Aw, honey, I wasn't gambling. I just went to one little old poker game.
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Charlie: Did you eat that whole chocolate cake that I was saving for the party? Jane: Little old me?
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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