small beer
About 0.13 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun Beer with a low alcoholic content, usually between 0.5% and 2.8%.
- noun Something that is of relatively little importance.
The income from standard widgets is small beer compared to the income from the gold-plated ones.
- noun Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see small, beer.
Similar words
trifle triviality trivia table beer brewski beer light beerbottle half-pint beer can
Word family
small beers small-beer
Save “small beer” to learn later