| 单词 | nickel-and-diming |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˌnickel-and-ˈdiming ˌnickel-and-ˈdiming n. and adj. Π 1972 New Yorker 16 Sept. 124/2 A landscape that transcends all the nickel-and-diming defeats of our urbanology. 1977 Time 21 Feb. 50/2 He promises a first-class report: ‘We're not going to settle for nickel-and-diming.’ 2001 Capital Times (Nexis) 1 Oct. 8 a As time passes, it is reasonable to assume we will see more of the nickel-and-diming that leads to..lower than acceptable levels of actual security. < as lemmas |
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