| 单词 | nickel-and-dime |
| 释义 | nickel-and-dime also nickel and dime Word forms: nickels-and-dimes, nickel-and-diming, nickeling-and-diming, nickel-and-dimed, nickeled-and-dimed 1. transitive verb If you accuse a person of nickel-and-diming someone or something, you are criticizing that person for weakening or exhausting them, for example, by continually taking small amounts of money away from them, or by continually making small changes or requests. [US, informal, disapproval] A bad contractor may hide mistakes or blame someone else and nickel-and-dime you with extra charges. If you try to nickel-and-dime people, they are not going to be co-operative. 2. adjective If you describe someone or something as nickel-and-dime, you mean that they are not very important or they only function on a small scale. [US, informal] ...a number of nickel-and-dime jobs – janitor, pastry chef, window washer. |
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