sneeze (redirected from sneezy)

be nothing to sneeze/sniff at (American & Australian, informal)

not to be sneezed/sniffed at - if something or someone is not to be sneezed at, they are important or dangerous enough to deserve serious attention. Blizzards with a foot of snow are nothing to sneeze at even in the mid-West.

See also: nothing, sniff

not to be sneezed/sniffed at (informal)

1. if something, especially an amount of money, is not to be sneezed at, it is large enough to be worth having. And there's the increase in salary to be considered. £3000 extra a year is not to be sneezed at.

(American & Australian, informal)

2. if something or someone is not to be sneezed at, they are important or dangerous enough to deserve serious attention. Goodman is not a man to be sniffed at.

See also: sniff

when someone/something sneezes, someone/something catches a cold (mainly British, mainly British)

when one person or organization has a problem, this problem has a much worse effect on another person or organization. When New York sneezes, I'm afraid London catches a cold - that is just the way the stock markets operate now. If the country's economy catches a cold, local businesses get pneumonia.

See also: catch, cold

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nothing to sneeze at

something that deserves serious attention. An extra two thousand bucks a year is nothing to sneeze at.

See also: nothing