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hill of beans

Meaning: something that every one things is a big problem, turns out to be a small problem after all
How to use in a sentence: The teacher said that the school party was going to be cancelled because there was a problem with the heating system.  It turned out that there was nothing wrong with the  heating system, someone had just turned down the heat.  It was nothing but a hill of beans. 

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