nickel-and-dimeadjective
uk/ˌnɪk.əl.ənˈdaɪm/us/ˌnɪk.əl.ənˈdaɪm/US informalused to describe something that is not important, usually because it does not involve much money:
a nickel-and-dime dispute
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Of little or less importance
- be in/under sb's shadow idiom
- be neither here nor there idiom
- be no big deal idiom
- biggie
- derisory
- fringe
- inferior
- merely
- minor
- miss
- mouldy
- need
- peripheral
- petty
- rinky-dink
- sideshow
- small-time
- stay
- stay on the sidelines idiom
- subordinate
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nickel-and-dimeverb [ T ]
uk/ˌnɪk.əl.ənˈdaɪm/us/ˌnɪk.əl.ənˈdaɪm/US informalto damage someone or something either by taking away many small amounts of money or by giving too much attention to details:
The banks nickle and dime you to death with all the little fees they charge you.
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Damaging and spoiling
- adulterate
- alloy
- at the expense of sb idiom
- at-risk
- bandh
- bang up sb/sth
- gild the lily idiom
- gloss
- gnaw
- gnaw away at sth
- go west idiom
- goonda
- poison
- ruin
- scourge
- shatter
- shoot sth up
- shred
- sour
- tell on sb
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