small beer

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

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2022

Everything is small beer if you're a United fan.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 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

These are small beer compared with the sort of public funding first recommended by Cairncross and backed by the NUJ.

From The Guardian • Apr. 19, 2020

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