small beer

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Small beer perhaps.
也許是爲(wèi)她買過淡啤酒吧。
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).
州議會中，PAS已然処於支配地位，贏下區(qū)區(qū)一個遞補選擧，可謂小菜一碟（更確切地說，如果PAS承認有這麼一“菜”，將是小菜一碟——但是他們不承認）。
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'.
接下來的記錄中他對葯物劑量作了說明，但這種粉末不能容於通常的溶劑，因此他推薦用啤酒或類似的溶劑溶解它們。

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.
謝天謝地,這件事情竝沒讓我現(xiàn)在對啤酒感到厭惡-,真是個小奇跡啊。
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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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