nothing to write home about Chẳng có gì quan trọng hơn hoặc đặc biệt hơn. Cũng như bình thường thôi Meaning: If you say something is nothing to write home about, you mean it isn't very important or it isn't very good. The origin of this phrase dates to the world war time when the soldiers were away from their home and they wrote letters. If there was nothing exciting and everything was as usual, there was nothing to write home about.

This idiom originated in the late 1800s, possibly among troops stationed far from home, and became widespread during World War I.

For example:

• Thuận: Where did you eat last night?
  
• Thảo: We tried the new Chinese restaurant around the corner.
  
• Thuận: Really? I've been thinking about trying that place. How was it?
  
• Thảo: Nothing to write home about. I wouldn't bother going there.
  
• Thuận: Too bad. We really need a good restaurant near the house.
  

When Thảo says, "Nothing to write home about," she means that the new restaurant is excellent the new restaurant isn't particularly good, or at least that it's no better than average. the restaurant is really terrible

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