1. trifle - Noun
2. trifle - Verb
A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair.
A dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, cake, wine, etc., with syllabub poured over it.
To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements.
To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle.
To spend in vanity; to fritter away; to waste; as, to trifle away money.
Source: Webster's dictionaryPerfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved. W. Somerset Maugham
Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle. Michelangelo
A trifle consoles us, for a trifle distresses us. Blaise Pascal
From a bad paymaster take straw--i.e. any trifle. Italian Proverb
It won't do to trifle with fire. French Proverb
Fall not out with a friend for a trifle. American Proverb