small beer

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Small beer perhaps.
也许是为她买过淡啤酒吧。
A tiny by-election for the state assembly PAS already dominates is ordinarily small beer (or would be, if PAS allowed such a beverage, which it does not).
州议会中，PAS已然处于支配地位，赢下区区一个递补选举，可谓小菜一碟（更确切地说，如果PAS承认有这么一“菜”，将是小菜一碟——但是他们不承认）。
His account goes on to explain surprisingly recognisable dose instructions, but less conventional means to dissolve the powder recommending it be dissolved in small beer and such like'.
接下来的记录中他对药物剂量作了说明，但这种粉末不能容于通常的溶剂，因此他推荐用啤酒或类似的溶剂溶解它们。

One drink equals a bottle or can of beer, a medium glass of wine or a very small glass of liquor.
Now, thank God it didn't develop into an aversion to beer but-- Small miracles.
谢天谢地,这件事情并没让我现在对啤酒感到厌恶-,真是个小奇迹啊。
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"It's so simple. With a two-liter bottle you add sugar, you add extract, you add a small amount of yeast and water, cap it up and in two days they've got root beer.

This business is still small beer, in volume—less than 10% of Securicor's British turnover.
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