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something of little importance
- the money we spend on cable is small beer compared to the mortgage payment we have to come up with every month
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“Small beer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/small%20beer. Accessed 27 Sep. 2020.
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