nothing to speak of

nothing to speak of idiom
Not much, nothing worth mentioning, as in What's been happening in the stock market?—Nothing to speak of, or They've done nothing to speak of about publicity. This expression was first recorded in 1582.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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