small beer

Example Sentences

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Incredibly, trial lawyers fought these small beer changes, which the Citizens Budget Commission estimates could save drivers some $200 a year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

"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

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