small beernoun [ U ]
uk/ˌsmɔːl ˈbɪər/us/ˌsmɑːl ˈbɪr/UK US small potatoes informalsomething that does not seem important when compared to something else:
The insurance premium is small beer compared to what we'd have to pay if the house burned down.
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Things of little importance
- bagatelle
- factoid
- footnote
- formality
- periphery
- poor
- poor relation idiom
- slush
- small fry
- small potatoes
- sop
- sundries
- technicality
- trifle
- trivia
- triviality