nothing to write home about

The food was nothing to write home about, but our mediocre meal was supplemented by respectable cocktails and an even better view of the sunset.

The food was nothing to write home about, but our mediocre meal was supplemented by respectable cocktails and an even better view of the sunset.

"The exodus of nurses is not going to stop because of our poor conditions of service. Our salary is nothing to write home about and in two weeks you spend it. It's from hand to mouth."

The first came after I read the work she reviewed and realized the piece wasn't nothing to write home about, and two, Caron did get it, she understood my jokes and timing even though they weren't enough to drive home the points I was trying to make, which is a problem.

It was nothing to write home about — as my partner put it, some food just “tastes like nothing” — but it wasn’t offensively bad.