small beer
noun🔊/ˌsmɔːl ˈbɪə(r)/
🔊/ˌsmɔːl ˈbɪr/
(British English) (North American English small potatoes)
[uncountable] (informal)a person or thing that has no great importance or value, especially when compared with somebody/something else （相比较之下）无足轻重的人（或事物） Compared to all that had happened to him recently, this latest crisis seemed fairly small beer. 与最近发生的一切相比，这次最近的危机似乎是很小的啤酒。