| 词汇 | small-beer |
| 释义 | small beer noun[ U ] UKinformaluk /ˌsmɔːl ˈbɪər/ us /ˌsmɑːl ˈbɪr/(USsmall potatoes) something that does not seem important when compared to something else: 无足轻重的事物 The insurance premium is small beer compared to what we'd have to pay if the house burned down.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 bagatelle factoid footnote formality mess of pottageidiom periphery poor poor relationidiom pottage slush small fry small potatoes sop sundries technicality trifle trivia triviality vacuity Examples of small beersmall beer One argument remains for treating such compositions as smallbeer, and that is the 'romantic' subject-matter. The confusion that we are building into the system could make the little local difficulty that we had in the referendum seem smallbeer indeed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Professional men do not want to be troubled unnecessarily with the smallbeer or trivia of taxation matters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When we left office, it was well over £35 billion—and that was not smallbeer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Lotteries may, on the face of it, seem relatively smallbeer in comparison with other types of gambling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was chairman many years ago and am still a vice-president, though of course that is very smallbeer compared with a president. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Against that background, a saving of £300 million over six years is pretty smallbeer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, the deterrent effect of a fine—albeit an unlimited fine—would be smallbeer to a company. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Having £1.3 billion to run a worldwide set-up is smallbeer compared with the budgets of similar organisations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is very smallbeer, is it not? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Such businesses, which have been devastated by foot and mouth, would consider that pretty smallbeer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have to admit that it is all smallbeer, as they say. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, there is a precedent in this regard although it may be smallbeer compared with the 80,000 cases that we are talking about. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, that is all smallbeer compared to the big issue of entitlement spending. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It may be smallbeer to 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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of small beer 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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