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The size you call something right before you regret underestimating it.
means Of limited dimensions, quantity, or importance compared to others of its kind.
from From Old English 'smael,' meaning slender or narrow, kin to German 'schmal' — once about thinness, now about everything from change to talk.
Original senseMeant narrow or slender, not little.
Small talkCoined 1751 for trivial chatter.
Big siblingIts comparative 'smaller' outranks 'lesser' colloquially.