"nothing to write home about" meaning in English

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Pronoun

Audio: En-au-nothing to write home about.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun}} nothing to write home about
  1. (idiomatic) Not exceptional; not noteworthy or especially good. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: no great shakes Translations (not exceptional): niets om over naar huis te schrijven (Dutch), ei kovin kaksinen (Finnish), ce n’est pas le Pérou (French), ça ne casse pas trois pattes à un canard (French), не о чем да́же рассказа́ть (ne o čem dáže rasskazátʹ) (Russian), nada del otro mundo (Spanish), nada para tirar cohetes (Spanish), inget att hänga i julgranen (Swedish), inget vidare (Swedish)

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