nickel and dime

短语

发音

US /ˌnɪkəl ən ˈdaɪm/
AU

词形变化

nickel and dimes 复数 nickel and dimes 三单 nickels and dimes 三单 nickel and diming 现在分词 nickeling and diming 现在分词 nickelling and diming 现在分词 nickel and dimed 过去式 nickel and dimed 过去分词 nickeled and dimed 过去式 nickeled and dimed 过去分词 nickelled and dimed 过去式 nickelled and dimed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Fifteen years.

    美国 俚语
  2. 1.

    A retail store selling inexpensive items, especially (originally, formerly) one in which all items had a price near a nickel (US five cents) or a dime (US ten cents).

    加拿大 美国 过时

    Near-synonym: dollar store (idiomatically synonymous in the 21st century)

v.
  1. 1.

    To charge, or be charged, several unexpected small amounts of money, often in the form of fees, taxes, or related expenses to a venture, which when taken as a whole add up to a significant unexpected cost.

    美国 非正式 习语

    I got nickel and dimed to death by the phone company's sneaky extra charges.

    It seems like a great offer, but they will just nickel and dime you until you've spent more than retail anyway.

  2. 2.

    To wear down in small increments; to quibble or obsess endlessly with (someone) over trifles.

    美国 非正式 比喻 习语
adj.
  1. 1.

    Small time; operating on a small scale; involving small amounts of money; petty or cheap.

    美国 非正式 习语

    Near-synonyms: two-bit, ten-cent

    I bought my new ride from some nickel and dime used-car salesman.

    Don't waste your time with that; their operations are nickel and dime.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 1

penny-pinch

上位词 7

drop spend scratch scrape expend come up scrape up
形容词

同义词 1

small-time

近义相关 3

cheap unimportant inexpensive

词源

From prison or criminal slang.

来源：wiktionary