small beer

He said it would cost "an additional £15m in funding - 'small beer' in funding terms - to rectify".

“On the other hand, we may not need to do as much small beer.”

"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.

The soju will be served with shot glasses, while the beer is often served with small beer glasses.

But Close didn’t drink much at the time and was mocked by his peers for ordering only small beers.