nickel and dime
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释义（英文）
形容词 Adjective
- (US, idiomatic, colloquial) Small time; operating on a small scale; involving small amounts of money; petty or cheap.
动词 Verb
- (US, idiomatic, colloquial) 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.
- (US, idiomatic, colloquial, figuratively) To wear down in small increments; to quibble or obsess endlessly with (someone) over trifles.
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词源说明
After retail stores where "everything costs a nickel or a dime".
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (US and Canada, dated) 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).