1.〈非正式〉用于英式英语,指微不足道的人或物
2.低浓度啤酒
1.<informal>sb. or sth. that is not important or is not worth thinking about
2.weak or inferior beer
1.One small beer, and chicken basket. Just a minute, please.
一小瓶啤酒，篮装鸡肉，请等一会儿。
2.So, in the great scheme of the mathematical universe, the numbers being bandied about over the last few weeks are pretty small beer.
因此，在数学宇宙那浩瀚无边的海洋里，最近几周被信手拈来脱口而出的那些数字简直就是小巫见大巫，微不足道了。
3.Art is small beer. The really serious things in life are earning one's living so as not to be a parasite, and loving one's neighbour.
艺术是不足挂齿的。生活中真正要紧的事情一是自食其力、不做寄生虫，一是爱人如己。
4.Barclays' commodity positions were no doubt small beer.
巴克莱的大宗商品头寸无疑只是小菜一碟。
5.Microsoft's push into video gaming is small beer compared with its dominance of the global software industry.
相对微软在全球软件行业的霸主地位而言，进攻游戏领域只不过是它的一碟开胃小菜。
6.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。
7.The present holder of the position is quite small beer compared with his predecessor.
目前的这个在位人和他的前任相比差远了。
8.But against the backdrop of the major transatlantic tie-ups, this plan is looking fairly small beer.
但与跨大西洋的大型结盟交易相比，这一计划就显得很微不足道了。
9.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。
10.We had the porridge cold again at noon, and hot porridge at night, porridge and small beer was my uncle's diet.
中午吃的又是冷粥，晚上才有热粥吃，我伯伯的食谱就是粥和一点啤酒。