small beer

English

Noun

small beer (uncountable)

Beer with a low alcoholic content.
(chiefly Britain) Something that is of relatively little importance.
The income from gold-plated widgets is small beer compared to the income from the standard ones.
- Shakespeare
  to suckle fools, and chronicle small beer
Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see small,‎ beer.

Synonyms

(something of little importance): peanuts, small potatoes

Translations

small serving of beer

Czech: malé pivo n
Finnish: pieni olut

Polish: małe piwo n

beer with low alcohol content

Finnish: ykkösolut (fi)

Swedish: lättöl (sv) c

something of little importance

Dutch: klein bier
Finnish: hiluja, pientä kauraa (financially); lillukanvarsi (fi) (detail)

Polish: małe piwo n

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