nothing to write home about

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Pronoun

nothing to write home about

(idiomatic) Not exceptional; not noteworthy or especially good.
The vegetables were okay, but the soup was nothing to write home about.

Synonyms

no great shakes

Antonyms

something 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

Russian: не о чем да́же рассказа́ть (ne o čem dáže rasskazátʹ)
Spanish: nada del otro mundo, nada para tirar cohetes, nada para escribir en casa sobre
Swedish: inget att hänga på julgranen, inget vidare

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