淡啤酒；琐事；小人物

n.一种酒精含量很低的啤酒; <口>重要性[价值]不大的人[事物]

small beers───淡啤酒；琐事；小人物

small letter───小写字母

small bowel───小肠

real beer───真正的啤酒

small bag───小背包；小袋子；小包；荷包

small boat───小船；扁舟

small end───（发动机活塞的）连杆小的一端

small step───小步

smaller───adj.较小，更小的

She thinks small beer of painters.───她看不起画家.

Even the dollar's recent drop is small beer.───甚至美元在近期贬值也是微不足道的。

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.

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.

The actual demands set out in the document are small beer indeed.───文件中陈述的实际要求确实是无关紧要的.

C: small beer. What brand?───一小瓶啤酒, 有什么牌子 呢 ?

Oh, a small beer some kind of lager will do.───哦, 一小杯啤酒某种淡啤酒就行.

Waiter: One small beer, German sausage, rolls, apple pie with cheese and coffee.───服务员: 一小瓶啤酒, 德国香肠, 小面包, 乳酪苹果馅饼和咖啡.

He thinks he's a mainstay of the company, but he's really rather small beer.───他自以为是公司的台柱, 但事实上他是个微不足道的人.

A small beer would be better, not black beer.───一小杯啤酒就好了, 不要黑啤酒.

Such roles are small beer compared with the fame she once enjoyed.───和她曾经享有的名气相比，这样的角色真的算不了什么。

That is hardly small beer.───这不是个小数目。

Berlin, Macmillan said, seemed to him small beer compared to the destruction of humanity.───麦克米伦说, 同人类的毁灭相比,柏林问题在他看来,只不过是微不足道的.

Now, says one Bank economist privately, Doha could mean only "small beer" for the poor.───一位银行经济学家私下透露，现在的多哈谈判对穷人来讲意义不大。

He thinks he's wonderful, but he's really small beer.───既然你自以为很聪明, 这份工作 你 来干好了.

That grant was small beer, we shall need a lot more money.───那个回报太少了, 我们需要更多的钱.

A company of that size is small beer.───那样大小的公司是微不足道的.

W : small beer, and chicken basket. Just a minute, please.───一小瓶啤酒, 篮装鸡肉, 请等一会儿.

The actual demands set out in the document are small beer indeed.