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

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

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

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