no great shakes | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Somethingunexceptional, notnoteworthyorspecial.Synonym:nothing to write home about1898, Gertrude Atherton, chapter XIX, inThe Valiant Runaways, New York, N.Y.:Dodd, Mead and Company,→OCLC,page210:You're welcome to stay here, but this hut ain'tno great shakesfor such as you.1980August 30, Patrice Keegan, “Ebersole Misses the Point”, inGay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 4:His tactic of pointing out the flaws of the Democrats does not mean that the Republican Party is anygreat shakes, as he intimates.2008August 24, “Your definitive guide to the iPhone”, inThe Times‎[1], Johannesburg, South Africa, archived fromthe originalon15 September 2008:The iPhone's 2.0 megapixel camera isno great shakes, but it's good enough as cellphone cameras go.

Examples:

EN: I suppose I'm no great shakes even now.
ES: - No he cambiado mucho, pero...
EN: I may be no great shakes. Maybe I'm not. I never claimed that I was.
ES: Quizás yo no sea gran cosa, nunca he afirmado serio.
EN: You're no great shakes as a son.
ES: No es que seas un hijo espectacular.
EN: I'm stuck to her even if she's no great shakes.
ES: Estoy pegado a ese bote de cola que no tiene nada de extraordinario.
EN: The other one was no great shakes, and now this!
ES: El otro no es que fuera modelo, pero este...
EN: It's no great shakes, believe me.
ES: No es nada extraordinario, créeme.
EN: You're no great shakes, honey.
ES: No eres gran cosa, cariño.
EN: It's no great shakes but you gotta begin with a baby shake, right?
ES: No es un gran cambio pero hay que empezar por cambios pequeños.
EN: It was no great shakes, but I liked it and Gena liked it.
ES: No es una gran película, pero a Gena y a mí nos gustó.
EN: You know, this manager job is no great shakes but it'll keep me here and, I don't know maybe I can go to night school or something.
ES: No es que sea un gran trabajo pero podré estar aquí y quizá estudiar algo por las noches.
EN: England is no great shakes.
ES: Inglaterra no es nada del otro mundo.
EN: Judith, I had a younger version of you... ... andletme tellyou , it was no great shakes.
ES: Judith, tuve una versión joven de ti y, permíteme que te lo diga, no es gran cosa.
EN: And the housing is military housing, which is no great shakes.
ES: Y las viviendas son viviendas militares, lo cual no es gran cosa.
EN: My mum's no great shakes in the kitchen either.
ES: Mi mama tampoco es gran cosa en la cocina.
EN: It was mid-management, so that's no great shakes,
ES: Fueron negocios de segunda, así que eso no es gran cosa,

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