English · Idiom Candidate

small print

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Details or conditions that are not immediately apparent

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Chi tiết hoặc điều kiện không rõ ràng

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: small text

Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

If you're seriously tempted by a ‘ never - to - be - repeated’ offer, take the advice of the KSA and check the small print.

Other ITV stations will closely scrutinise the small print when further details are released in a few weeks.

British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “small print” mean?

Details or conditions that are not immediately apparent Literally: small text

Is “small print” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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