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. 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 2 Jun. 2025.

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