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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a small beer" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a modest serving of beer, often in a casual or informal context.
Example: "After a long day at work, I decided to relax with a small beer at the local pub."
Alternatives: "a light beer" or "a modest beer".
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SNIT A small amount, especially a small beer.
Anyway, the waitress asked if I wanted a big beer or a small beer.
We stopped into the Café da Associação, the resident association's bar, where a small beer cost 60 euro cents.
Upper design: A young woman lies under a tree asleep, partly supported by a small beer barrel; a rake is beside her.
We have a small beer table that should only seat six, but we've had up to 15 people crammed around it.
Despite the French government's introduction of a punitive 160 per cent tax rise on beer (which could increase the price of a small beer by a quarter), Parisians are increasingly interested in the quality of the beer they drink.
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But it is all small beer.
Phoenix plans to keep churning out around 200,000 mass-market cars a year, small beer in an industry beset with excess capacity and already dominated by giant companies and factories.
And the spectrum came out looking just the way the theory predicted.A black hole in a bath…Creating a star in a laboratory is small beer compared with creating a black hole.
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