beer

not be all beer and skittles (British & Australian, old-fashioned)

if a situation or activity is not all beer and skittles, it has unpleasant parts as well as pleasant ones. It's not all beer and skittles, this job. It's hard work.

See also: all

small beer (British, American & Australian, informal, American & Australian, informal)

something that is not important, especially when compared to something else. A loan of that size is small beer - these banks are lending millions of pounds a day. And we are not talking small potatoes - building the airport means many people in the area will lose their homes.

See also: small