small beer
[noun]
Synonyms: trivia, minutia(e), small change, small potato(es), triviality
[adjective]
Synonyms: little, casual, inconsiderable, insignificant, light, minor, petty, shoestring, trivial, unimportant

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small beer
something that is not important, especially when compared to something else

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small beer
[British, American & Australian, informal, American & Australian, informal]
something that is not important, especially when compared to something else.
A loan of that size is small beer - these banks are lending millions of pounds a day.

And we are not talking small potatoes - building the airport means many people in the area will lose their homes.

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