small beer

• Неформальное британское выражение, обозначающее что-то тривиальное, неважное или не имеющее большой ценности или значения.

An informal British expression referring to something trivial, unimportant, or of little value or significance.

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   Something that is trivial, insignificant, or of little value or importance.

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   • Compared to the company's overall budget, the cost of new chairs is small beer.
   • He thinks his problems are huge, but they're small beer next to what others face.
   • Don't worry about that mistake; it's small beer in the grand scheme of things.