small beer
English
Noun
small beer (countable and uncountable, plural small beers)
- (countable, uncountable) Beer with a low alcoholic content.
- (uncountable, chiefly British) Something that is of relatively little importance.
- The income from standard widgets is small beer compared to the income from the gold-plated ones.
- Shakespeare
- to suckle fools, and chronicle small beer
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see small, beer.
Synonyms
- (something of little importance): peanuts, small potatoes
Translations
small serving of beer
beer with low alcohol content
something of little importance
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