small beer
adj. 徽不足道的, 无价值的
n. 淡啤酒, 劣质啤酒, 琐事
例句与用法：
She thinks small beer of painters, ... -Well, we don't think small beer of ourselves.
她瞧不起画家 ... ——不过，我们倒不小看自己。
Don't worry about giving me the change; it's small beer anyway.
不要为给我找头而烦恼，那是微不足道的事情。
I've got sixty shares in the company, but that's small beer compared with his a hundred thousand.
我在公司中持有60股，与他的10万股相比，实在是微不足道。
微不足道的
He thinks he's wonderful, but he's really rather small beer.
他自以为了不起, 其实算不了什么。
small beersmall beer1.■〈口〉重要性〔价值〕不大的人〔事物〕He thinks he's a mainstay of the company, but he's really rather small beer.他自以为是公司的台柱, 但事实上他是个微不足道的人。The actual demands set out in the document are small beer indeed.文件中陈述的实际要求确实是无关紧要的。
small beer1.■淡啤酒2.■[英国俚语] 琐事；不重要的人物，小人物think small beer of[口语] 认为…无足轻重
small beernoun[mass noun]- (chiefly Brit.)a thing that is considered unimportant
(主英)无关紧要的事
even with £10,000 to invest, you are still small beer for most stockbrokers.
即使你有一万英镑可投资，大部分股票经纪人仍把你看作是无足轻重的。
- (archaic)weak beer
(古)淡啤酒，劣质啤酒