Small Beer (Noun)
Meaning
Something of small importance.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The criticism of the food was small beer compared to the outrage over the service.
- Solving the parking problem was small beer compared to the bigger issue of overcrowding in the city.
- In the grand scheme of things, a few dollars lost to a scam is small beer.
- The team's loss last season was small beer compared to their championship win the year before.
- Considering the severity of the other injuries, the broken wrist was small beer for the survivors of the accident.