be no great shakes

slang To be mediocre, unimpressive or disappointing. I don't know why everyone loves that restaurant so much—I've been there before, and it's no great shakes. That defenseman makes a lot of money, but if you ask me, he's no great shakes.

be no great shakes

(informal)

to not be very good at doing something He was a very creative chef but no great shakes on the management side of business.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Anastazja	ah-nah-STAHZ-yah	Polish
Kaley	KAY-lee	English (Modern)
Dareios	-	Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek
Johanne	zho-AN (French), yo-HAHN-ne (Danish)	French, Danish, Norwegian, Medieval French
Carl	KAHRL (German, English)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English
Anastasiya	ah-nah-stah-SEE-yah (Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian)	Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian