small beer

adj. 徽不足道的, 无价值的
n. 淡啤酒, 劣质啤酒, 琐事

例句与用法：

She thinks small beer of painters, ... -Well, we don't think small beer of ourselves.

她瞧不起画家 ... ——不过，我们倒不小看自己。

Don't worry about giving me the change; it's small beer anyway.

不要为给我找头而烦恼，那是微不足道的事情。

I've got sixty shares in the company, but that's small beer compared with his a hundred thousand.

我在公司中持有60股，与他的10万股相比，实在是微不足道。

详细释义：

微不足道的

He thinks he's wonderful, but he's really rather small beer.

他自以为了不起, 其实算不了什么。