| 单词 | small beer |
| 释义 | small beer noun[U] UKinformaluk/ˌsmɔːl ˈbɪər/us/ˌsmɑːl ˈbɪr/(USsmall potatoes)something that does notseemimportantwhencomparedto somethingelse: 无足轻重的事物Theinsurancepremiumissmallbeercomparedto what we'd have topayif thehouseburneddown.同房子万一被烧毁时我们的损失相比，保险金就微不足道了。 Synonym trifle Things of little importance
Examplesofsmall beersmall beer One argument remains for treating such compositions assmallbeer, and that is the 'romantic' subject-matter. From theCambridge English Corpus The confusion that we are building into the system could make the little local difficulty that we had in the referendum seemsmallbeerindeed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Professional men do not want to be troubled unnecessarily with thesmallbeeror trivia of taxation matters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 When we left office, it was well over £35 billion—and that was notsmallbeer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Lotteries may, on the face of it, seem relativelysmallbeerin comparison with other types of gambling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I was chairman many years ago and am still a vice-president, though of course that is verysmallbeercompared with a president. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Against that background, a saving of £300 million over six years is prettysmallbeer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, the deterrent effect of a fine—albeit an unlimited fine—would besmallbeerto a company. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Having £1.3 billion to run a worldwide set-up issmallbeercompared with the budgets of similar organisations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This is verysmallbeer, is it not? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Such businesses, which have been devastated by foot and mouth, would consider that prettysmallbeer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have to admit that it is allsmallbeer, as they say. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, there is a precedent in this regard although it may besmallbeercompared with the 80,000 cases that we are talking about. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, that is allsmallbeercompared to the big issue of entitlement spending. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It may besmallbeerto the champagne socialist party opposite, but it is a lot of money to those people who counted on it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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