no great shakes

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no great shakes

Inf. someone or something that is not very good. (There is no affirmative version of this.) Your idea is no great shakes, but we'll try it anyway. Ted is no great shakes when it comes to brains.

See also: great, shake

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"Eh, Miss," said Luke, "he'd be no great shakes, I doubt, let's feyther do what he would for him. The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context More results

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