copper-nickel[͵kɒpəʹnık(ə)l]
n мин.
<Í> никколит, купферникель; красный никелевый колчедан

be not worth a plug nickel Идиома

not worth a plugged nickel

worthless, good for nothing In 1930, stocks weren't worth a plugged nickel - nothing!

nickel

1. the number five
2. a $5 bill
3. a 5-year prison sentence

nickel and dime

Idiom(s): nickel and dime sb

Theme: ANNOYANCE

to charge someone many small amounts of money; to assess many small fees against someone. (Fixed order.)
• We will not stay at that resort again. They nickel and dime you to death in that place. There is a charge for everything.
• Tuition at the university hasn't gone up in two years but other small fees have. They really nickel and dime you there.

Don't take any wooden nickels

(USA) This idiom is used to advise people not to be cheated or ripped off.

If I had a nickel for every time

(USA) When someone uses this expression, they mean that the specific thing happens a lot. It is an abbreviation of the statement 'If I had a nickel for every time that happened, I would be rich'

Nickel tour

(USA) If someone gives you a nickel tour, they show you around a place. ('Fifty-cent tour' is also used.)

double nickel|double|nickel

adv., slang, citizen's band radio jargon The nationally enforced speed limit on some highways

55 MPH. We'd better go double nickel on this stretch, partner; there's a bear in the air.

nickel-and-dime

nickel-and-dime
nickel-and-dime it
to succeed or obtain something gradually by the repeated expenditure of small sums or the slow gathering of votes, power, money, etc. in small increments

be not account a bung nickel

obsolete To be absolutely abandoned or useless; to accept little or no value. (A alternative of "not account a plugged nickel.") Refers to bill (not alone nickels) that were "plugged"—that is, those that had a aperture accomplished in their centermost and were abounding with cheaper metals—which fabricated the bill adulterine and abandoned if spotted. Primarily heard in US. I was so aflame back my grandpa said he'd accord me his car, but this old auto isn't account a bung nickel. Over the years alive actuality I've appear to apprehend that the boss's promises aren't account a bung nickel.Learn more: nickel, not, plug, worth

not account a bung nickel

obsolete Absolutely abandoned or useless; accepting little or no value. (A alternative of "not account a acquainted nickel.") Refers to bill (not alone nickels) that were "plugged"—that is, those that had a aperture accomplished in their centermost and were abounding with cheaper metals—which fabricated the bill adulterine and abandoned if spotted. Primarily heard in US. I was so aflame back my grandpa said he'd accord me his car, but this old auto isn't account a bung nickel. Over the years alive actuality I've appear to apprehend that the boss's promises aren't account a bung nickel.Learn more: nickel, not, plug, worth

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