dime's worth

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)AninsignificantamountWhy is he here? Nothing will change. At best, he'll make adime's worthof difference.1941, L.H. Robbins,The New York Times‎[1]:But why, he asks, should a similarly rapt and adoring crowd bank up before a lighted wall niche containing nothing buta dime's worthof daffodils and a couple of sprays of forsythia in a blue dish?

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