nickel-and-dime

/nik-uhl-uhn-dahym/US // ˈnɪk əl ənˈdaɪm //

五斗米折腰,镍币和硬币,五分钱,镍和铜

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : of little or no importance; trivial; petty: a nickel-and-dime business that soon folded.

v.有主动词 verb

1
nick·el-and-dimed or nick·eled-and-dimed,nick·el-and-dim·ing or nick·el·ing-and-dim·ing.
- : to expose to financial hardship or bankruptcy by the accumulation of small expenses, bills, etc.: We're being nickel-and-dimed to death by these small weekly expenses.
- : to hinder, annoy, or harass with trivialities or nonessentials: to be nickeled-and-dimed by petty criticisms.

as inpetty

Synonyms

As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.
As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
I was already over forty, had hardly a nickel in my pocket and this was the biggest break in my life.
Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.
Antoine himself had recently been arrested on a six-year-old warrant for a dime bag of weed.
She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
No law of that country must exceed in words the number of letters in their alphabet, which consists only in two-and-twenty.
Mr. Spurrell came down to see a horse, and we shall be very glad to have the benefit of his opinion by-and-by.
They were eaten too quickly, in long gulps of four-and-twenty hours at a time.
He walked over to the table and mixed two tumblers of whiskey-and-soda, wondering why he had not thought of it before.

/nik-uhl-uhn-dahym/US // ˈnɪk əl ənˈdaɪm //

五斗米折腰,镍币和硬币,五分钱,镍和铜

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : of little or no importance; trivial; petty: a nickel-and-dime business that soon folded.

v.有主动词 verb

1
nick·el-and-dimed or nick·eled-and-dimed,nick·el-and-dim·ing or nick·el·ing-and-dim·ing.
- : to expose to financial hardship or bankruptcy by the accumulation of small expenses, bills, etc.: We're being nickel-and-dimed to death by these small weekly expenses.
- : to hinder, annoy, or harass with trivialities or nonessentials: to be nickeled-and-dimed by petty criticisms.

as inpetty

Synonyms

As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.
As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
I was already over forty, had hardly a nickel in my pocket and this was the biggest break in my life.
Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.
Antoine himself had recently been arrested on a six-year-old warrant for a dime bag of weed.
She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
No law of that country must exceed in words the number of letters in their alphabet, which consists only in two-and-twenty.
Mr. Spurrell came down to see a horse, and we shall be very glad to have the benefit of his opinion by-and-by.
They were eaten too quickly, in long gulps of four-and-twenty hours at a time.
He walked over to the table and mixed two tumblers of whiskey-and-soda, wondering why he had not thought of it before.