small beer

Example Sentences

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"But it's small beer in terms of the overall value of the project they are building and the profit that they will take out of that," he added.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2023

At the blog Why Evolution is True, biostatistician Gregory Mayer described Farina and Gibbon's findings as "small beer."

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2022

Each night, she drinks a small beer, and says an appendectomy has been her only health issue so far.

From Reuters • May 5, 2021

After two episodes of small beer individual fighting and essential but not exactly kick-ass character development, this is what we have been waiting for.

From The Guardian • Aug. 16, 2017

I avoid looking at the small beer belly that’s grown on him, though I’m aware of it, of the changes in his body, as he must be of mine.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood