Usually means: Not very impressive or skilled.
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  1. no great shakes: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. no great shakes: Merriam-Webster
  3. no great shakes: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. no great shakes: Collins English Dictionary
  5. no great shakes: Wordnik
  6. no great shakes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. no great shakes: Wiktionary
  8. No great shakes, no great shakes: Dictionary.com
  9. no great shakes: FreeDictionary.org
  10. No great shakes: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. no great shakes: Idioms

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  1. no great shakes: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

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Definitions from Wiktionary (no great shakes)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic) Something unexceptional, not noteworthy or special.

Similar:
nothing special, small wonder, ordinary, nondescript, nonsignificant, nothingburger, inconsequential, one of those things, what not, nonshock, more...

Opposite:
impressive, remarkable, exceptional, outstanding, excellent

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Similar:
nothing special, small wonder, ordinary, nondescript, nonsignificant, nothingburger, inconsequential, one of those things, what not, nonshock, more...

Opposite:
impressive, remarkable, exceptional, outstanding, excellent



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