not anything to boast about

not anything to boast about

1. adjective Not especially impressive, remarkable, or noteworthy; rather dull, mediocre, uninteresting, or unimportant. The new sushi restaurant in town gets good reviews, but it isn't anything to boast about in my opinion. His performance hasn't been anything to boast about so far. To be honest, we were expecting much more out of him when we recruited him.
2. noun Nothing impressive, remarkable, or noteworthy. There's not really anything to boast about in this town, honestly. We've got a couple of crummy strip malls and a rundown movie theater, and that's about it. I've been looking through your portfolio, but so far, I haven't seen anything to boast about.
See also: anything, boast, not
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • be nothing (much) to write home about
  • be nothing to shout about
  • be nothing, not much, etc. to write home about
  • not much to boast about
  • nothing to boast about
  • nothing to shout about
  • nothing to write home about
  • not something to write home about
  • not worth writing home about
  • not anything to write home about
References in periodicals archive
These days kids have traded their sneakers for joysticks and video games--and the health results are not anything to boast about.