small beer

One small beer, and chicken basket. Just a minute, please.

一小瓶啤酒，篮装鸡肉，请等一会儿。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

The sums involved were small beer for a behemoth like GE.

涉及金额对财大气粗的通用来说不过是九牛一毛。

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。

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。

The charges against Lee Kun-hee, the 66-year-old chairman of Samsung, seem small beer compared with the accusations.

和其他指控相比，针对三星主席66岁的李健熙的就算不了什么了。

One small beer, one German sausage and rolls. Also apple pie with cheese, please.

一小瓶啤酒，一根德国香肠和小面包，也要带乳酪的苹果馅饼，请。

This goody-goody little form is small beer when set against what is emerging from some US business schools.

与某些美国商学院的新近发生的事情相比，这种冠冕堂皇的小表格简直是小巫见大巫。

One unit is roughly equivalent to a glass of wine or a small beer.

一个单位的酒精粗略地等于一杯葡萄酒或一杯淡啤酒。

That grant was pretty small beer : we shall need a lot more money.

这点补助金是杯水车薪，我们需要的钱远比这些多。

Iago. To suckle fools and chronicle small beer.

伊阿古去奶傻孩子，去記油鹽賬。

That grant was pretty small beer we shall need a lot of more money.

那补助款太微不足道了，我们需要比这多得多的钱。