not something to write home about

Not especially impressive, remarkable, or noteworthy; rather dull, mediocre, uninteresting, or unimportant. A: "Have you eaten in that new sushi restaurant yet?" B: "Yeah, I went there last week. It was OK, but it isn't something to write home about." His performance hasn't been something to write home about so far. To be honest, we were expecting much more from him when we recruited him out of Dartmouth.

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not anything to write home about
be nothing (much) to write home about
be nothing to shout about
be nothing, not much, etc. to write home about
nothing to shout about
not anything to boast about
nothing to write home about
not much to boast about
nothing to boast about
not worth writing home about

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That's not something to write home about, but it is a massive improvement on last season when they won just once after Christmas.

Football: Shaw's historic strike caps superb display from mercurial Coventry; Gillingham 2 Coventry City 5

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