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1great shakes — ● shake …
2great shakes — See no great shakes …
3be no great shakes — informal to not be very good at doing something. He was a very creative chef but no great shakes on the management side of business …
4(be) no great shakes — be no great ˈshakes idiom (informal) to be not very good, efficient, suitable, etc. Main entry: ↑greatidiom …
5great shakes — See shakes …
6no great shakes — (informal) NOT VERY GOOD, unexceptional, unmemorable, forgettable, uninspired, uninteresting, indifferent, unimpressive, lacklustre; informal nothing to write home about, nothing special, not up to much. → shake * * * no great shakes (informal)… …
7no great shakes — {adj.}, {informal} Mediocre; unimportant. * /Joe Wilson is no great shakes./ …
8no great shakes — {adj.}, {informal} Mediocre; unimportant. * /Joe Wilson is no great shakes./ …
9No great shakes — Shake Shake, n. 1. The act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and other; a trembling, quaking, or shivering; agitation. [1913 Webster] The great soldier s honor was composed Of thicker stuff, which… …
10no great shakes — If someone is no great shakes at something, they are not very good at it. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** To say that someone or something is no great shakes means that they are useless, ineffective or not very good. He s a good… …
