释义 |
chump changenoun [mass noun] North American informalA small or insignificant amount of money: it’s rough, dead-end work that pays chump change...- The amount of money involved was chump change for a tycoon who got his board to agree to a severance payment that provided enough for a gold watch, a consignment of replacements, the watch factory and an option on the gold mine.
- To everyone except the lucky few, $50,000 is not chump change.
- And, be fair, it's only a handful of chump change out of your salary, so why not, eh?
Origin1960s: originally black English. |