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“To suckle fools and chronicle small beer.” (Iago in the play of Othello, ii. 1.)
He does not think small beer of himself. He has a very good opinion of number one.
“To express her self-esteem [it might be said] that she did not think small beer of herself.”—De Quincey: Historical Essays.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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