no mean feat en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A laudable triumph of great difficulty
The older me, the one who prefers wine to fizz, wishes Leerhsen had more to say about things like: a) the elite and vernacular food worlds pre- and post-Bourdain; b) how Bourdain walked a moral tightrope across the conventions of travel writing and reporting, no mean feat for a wealthy white man in skinny jeans; […].
2022 October 3, Dwitght Garner, “Anthony Bourdain’s New Biography: Light on Subtlety, Heavy on Grit”, in The New York Times:Opening a new railway is no mean feat at the best of times, but the Elizabeth Line had its own challenges.
2023 October 4, Richard Foster, “New operator enters at number one”, in RAIL, number 993, page 33:
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fr ne pas être rien (Translations) · pl nie lada wyczyn (Translations) · fr ne pas être une mince affaire (Translations) · fi ei vähäinen saavutus (Translations) · fr ne pas être chose aisée (Translations) · fr ce n'est pas rien (Translations)