Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Trivial
Trivial as a parrot’s prate.
—William Cowper
Trivial as to attempt to blow out the stars.
—George W. Curtis
As trivial as if a painter should put real gold upon his canvas instead of representing gold by means of paint.
—George W. Curtis
Trivial as the giggle of a housemaid.
—Henry James
Trivial as the tears of infancy.
—John Randolph