be no great shakes

释义

1. 不太出色；不太有效；不怎么合适；不怎么样

   to be not very good, efficient, suitable, etc.

电影里这样说 · 1 部

• For Christ's sake, Malcolm, I know we're not great shakes, but the bass player has to keep the beat.Sid and Nancy1986

同一词条的短语

• be going great guns
• be a great one for
• great and small
• great minds think alike
• the great… in the sky
• great oaks from little acorns grow
• take pains
• take pains with
• be greater than the sum of its parts