nothing to write home about

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Pronoun

nothing to write home about

1. (idiomatic) Not exceptional; not noteworthy or especially good.

   Synonym: no great shakes

   Antonym: something to write home about

   The vegetables were okay, but the soup was nothing to write home about.

Translations

not exceptional

• Dutch: niets om over naar huis te schrijven
• Finnish: ei kovin kaksinen
• French: ce n’est pas le Pérou (fr), ça ne casse pas trois pattes à un canard
• German: damit kann man keinen Hund hinter dem Ofen hervorlocken
• Irish: cuibheasach gan a bheith maíteach
• Polish: nic specjalnego, szału nie ma
• Russian: не о чём да́же рассказа́ть (ne o čom dáže rasskazátʹ)
• Spanish: nada del otro mundo (es), nada para tirar cohetes, nada que destacar, nada espectacular
• Swedish: inget att hänga i julgranen, inget vidare