small beer
noun/ˌsmɔːl ˈbɪə(r)/
/ˌsmɔːl ˈbɪr/
(British English) (North American English small potatoes)
[uncountable] (informal)- a person or thing that has no great importance or value, especially when compared with somebody/something else
- Compared to all that had happened to him recently, this latest crisis seemed fairly small beer.
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