small beer

(British, American & Australian informal) also small potatoes (American & Australian informal)

something that is not important, especially when compared to something else A loan of that size is small beer - these banks are lending millions of pounds a day. And we are not talking small potatoes - building the airport means many people in the area will lose their homes.

small beer

Also, small potatoes. Of little importance, as in Don't listen to Henry; he's small beer, or It's silly to worry about that bill; it's small potatoes. The first term alludes to a beer of low alcoholic content (also called light beer today) and was used metaphorically by Shakespeare in several plays. The variant may have been invented by frontiersman Davy Crockett; it was first recorded in 1836. Also see small fry, def. 2.

small beer

n. nothing or next to nothing; an insignificant person. (From a very old word for weak or inferior beer.) Small beer or not, he’s my customer, and I will see that he is taken care of.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Joona	YO:-nah	Finnish
Hazael	HAZ-ay-əl (English)	Biblical
Abhishek	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Bengali, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil
Madison	['mædisn]
Gnaeus	GNIE-uws (Ancient Roman), NIE-əs (English)	Ancient Roman
Radha	-	Hinduism, Indian, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, Marathi