that's hardly saying much

that's hardly saying much

That is rather unremarkable, unimportant, or unimpressive relative to someone or something else or some broader picture. Well, the president has managed to get the economy to a better position than where his predecessor left it, but then that's hardly saying much. I'm a slightly better cook than my wife, but that's hardly saying much.
See also: hardly, much, saying
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • that's not saying much
  • it's hardly saying much
  • it's not saying much
  • it's/that's not saying much, etc.
  • no great shakes
  • no screaming hell
  • be no screaming hell
  • weak tea
  • be as nothing (compared) to (someone or something)
  • be as nothing to
References in periodicals archive
But this year, that's hardly saying much. Rates are going up, way up.