small wonder
idiom
—used to say that something is not surprising
Small wonder that we're lost, since we didn't ask for directions.
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Often the elaboration is clearly a product of environment—small wonder that Arabic, Farsi and Indigenous Australian languages abound with words to describe the desert, and Sanskrit, Tamil and Thai with words for elephants.
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Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 9 May 2025
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Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 9 May 2025
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“Small wonder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/small%20wonder. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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