to pale ou fade into insignificance

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• fade into insignificance — fade/pale into insignificance if something pales into insignificance, it does not seem at all important when compared to something else. When your child s ill, everything else pales into insignificance. With the outbreak of war all else fades… …   New idioms dictionary

• pale into insignificance — fade/pale into insignificance if something pales into insignificance, it does not seem at all important when compared to something else. When your child s ill, everything else pales into insignificance. With the outbreak of war all else fades… …   New idioms dictionary

• insignificance — in|sig|nif|i|cance [ ,ınsıg nıfikəns ] noun uncount the quality of not being large or important enough to be worth considering: insignificance of: It reminds us of the insignificance of man in the whole scheme of things. a. fade into… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• insignificance — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ relative VERB + INSIGNIFICANCE ▪ fade into, pale into ▪ Her achievements fade into insignificance beside those of her sisters …   Collocations dictionary

• insignificance — UK [ˌɪnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns] / US noun [uncountable] the quality of not being large or important enough to be worth considering insignificance of: It reminds us of the insignificance of man in the whole scheme of things. • fade into insignificance pale… …   English dictionary

• pale — I adj. devoid of color 1) deathly pale 2) to go, turn pale 3) pale with (rage) II v. 1) (d; intr.) ( to become devoid of color ) to pale at ( to pale at the sight of blood ) 2) (d; intr.) ( to become less important ) to pale before, beside… …   Combinatory dictionary

• pale — I noun 1) the pales of a fence Syn: stake, post, pole, picket, upright 2) outside the pale of decency Syn: boundary, confines, bounds, limits • …   Thesaurus of popular words

• India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …   Universalium

• painting — /payn ting/, n. 1. a picture or design executed in paints. 2. the act, art, or work of a person who paints. 3. the works of art painted in a particular manner, place, or period: a book on Flemish painting. 4. an instance of covering a surface… …   Universalium