"be no great shakes" in German to be no great shakes nichts Weltbewegendes sein nichts Aufregendes sein Detailed translations for "be no great shakes" to be no great shakes to be no great shakes(also: not to be up to much, to be nothing to write home about, to be nothing to get excited about) nichts Weltbewegendes sein to be no great shakes(also: not to be up to much, to be nothing to write home about, to be nothing to get excited about) nichts Aufregendes sein