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

In the midst of the multiple crises facing American higher education, tweaking tenure review and campus public relations may sound like small beer.

From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2021

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

From Reuters • May 5, 2021

His missus sipped Jenny’s chowder, shuddered at the taste, and reached for her mug of small beer.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson