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not much to boast about not much to boast about1. adjective Not especially impressive, remarkable, or noteworthy; rather dull, mediocre, uninteresting, or unimportant. It gets good reviews, but the new sushi restaurant in town is really not much to boast about. His performance has so far been not much to boast about. To be honest, we were expecting much more out of him when we recruited him. 2. noun Not very much that is impressive, remarkable, or noteworthy. There's not much to boast about in this town, to be honest. 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 much to boast about. See also: boast, much, not Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also:- nothing to boast about
- nothing to write home about
- not anything to boast 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 write home about
- not something to write home about
- not worth writing home about
References in periodicals archive Furthermore, despite not being part of the Euro currency, the Greek financial situation is still costing UK taxpayers a fortune, and the EEC has been unable to fix a budget for over 20 years; not much to boast about on a CV! In or out, politicians will squander cash In percentage terms, Scotland has a lower rate than the UK - but that's not much to boast about as the national figure hits a 14-year high of 2.38million. Jobs misery set to go on; Record View So while that's not much to boast about, I do recall that in November last year, after turning down a minister's job, I proposed my 10-point plan for a better Britain. Do working mums ruin their kids? But they do at least have Alec Stewart, the oldest swinger in town - although fielding a man rapidly approaching his 40th birthday is probably not much to boast about. Cricket: World Cup: SELECTORS' POLICY HAS NOT HELPED CUP HOPES; 'One-day specialists' have been failures But he added that in today's terms being a demi- millionaire is not much to boast about. 'pounds 10m is somebody who is rich and can stop work and live on their money. From semi to demi* as property boom fuels wealth rise |