English Dictionary

small beer

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 イギリス英語 比喩的用法

(countable, uncountable) Beer with a low alcoholic content, usually between 0.5% and 2.8%. / (uncountable, figuratively, chiefly Britain) Something that is of relatively little importance.

日本語の意味

低アルコール度数のビール（通常、アルコール度数が0.5％〜2.8％のビール） / 取るに足らない事柄、ささいな物事（比喩的に、重要性が低いもの）

After the long hike, we shared a small beer on the porch; its mild flavor and low alcohol content were perfect for the warm afternoon.

長いハイキングの後、私たちは縁側で低アルコールのビールを一緒に飲み、その穏やかな風味と低いアルコール度数が暖かな午後にぴったりだった。

意味（1）

(countable, uncountable) Beer with a low alcoholic content, usually between 0.5% and 2.8%.

It was then that the large footmen were too much employed at Clavering Park to be able to bring messages, or dally over the cup of small beer with the poor little maids at Fairoaks

意味（2）

(uncountable, figuratively, chiefly Britain) Something that is of relatively little importance.

The income from standard widgets is small beer compared to the income from the gold-plated ones.

意味（3）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see small, beer.

small beers （ plural ）