Small things please small minds.

Small things please small minds.
Little things please little minds. & Small things please small minds.
Prov. People who are not intelligent are pleased by trivial things. (Implies that the person you are talking about is not intelligent.) •

Jill: Nathaniel's been awfully cheerful today. Jane: Yes, his favorite TV show is on tonight. Jill: Little things please little minds, they say.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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