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be nothing to shout about
be nothing to shout about
To be not especially remarkable or noteworthy; to be rather dull, mediocre, uninteresting, or unimportant. A: "Have you eaten in that new sushi restaurant yet?" B: "Yeah, I went there last week. It was OK, but it's nothing to shout about." His performance has been nothing to shout about so far. To be honest, we were expecting much more from him when we recruited him.
be nothing to shout about
also not be much to shout about to not be especially good or exciting The pay rise wasn't much to shout about, but I suppose it's better than nothing.