chump change

短语

n. 很少的钱

发音

AU

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An amount of remuneration, reward, or other monetary recompense considered to be insultingly small.

    美国 习语 不可数

    If you sell one of those cars, your commission will be chump change.

    I don't work for chump change. I quit!

    "First of all, there's no we. You're talking me, solo, busting my hump slinging shards. I got profile now. Don't you get that? DEA's up my ass. No, I'm not exposing myself to that level of risk for chump change. No way."

  2. 2.

    A sum of money considered to be insignificant.

    美国 习语 不可数

    Near-synonyms: petty cash, pocket money, walk-around money, walking-around money; small change, pocket change, loose change, spare change; pittance

    He spent $300,000 for his new car, but that's chump change for a billionaire like him.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

chicken feed small change

上位词 3

cash hard cash hard currency

词源

From the idea that only chumps would fall for it. The neutral sense is an extension from the sense concerning indignation.

来源：wiktionary