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nickel and dime
Language:
Meanings:
1.
US
UK
informal
pejorative
To drain, cheat, or impoverish someone by means of numerous small charges or deductions.
To deal with or treat someone in a petty, ungenerous, or exploitative way by focusing on trivial sums or matters.
2.
US
informal
colloquial
To undermine, frustrate, or annoy someone gradually through a succession of minor actions or annoyances.
To manage or operate in a stingy, short-sighted manner that emphasizes small gains at the expense of larger benefit.
Examples:
EN:
He's after every nickel and dime.
ES:
Él está detrás de cada centavo y centavo.
EN:
You liked me fine two years ago when you were a nickel and dime press agent .. For a stable of beat up strippers and no-talent hoofers.
ES:
Pues si que te gustaba cuando eras un pequeño agente de prensa de bailarinas.
EN:
Rich people can nickel and dime me to death.
ES:
Si no los ricos me dan siempre el sablazo.
EN:
At best he's selling nickel and dime bags.
ES:
Como máximo, vende paquetes de $5 y $10.
EN:
That's where the penny pimps and the nickel and dime hustlers hang out.
ES:
Ahí es donde los proxenetas y las putas baratas pasan el rato.
EN:
If you follow this guy all over Europe, in a week's time... ..there'll be nickel and dime bags on 126th Street.
ES:
Si sigues a ese carajo por toda Europa, en una semana habrán pitos de dólar y medio en la calle 126.
EN:
You nickel and dime asshole.
ES:
Cretino barato.
EN:
It's nickel and dime, Arthur. It's all nickel and dime.
ES:
- ¡No es importante, Arthur!
ES:
- ¡No es importante, Arthur!
EN:
All those nickel and dime hustlers I had to bargain with every time you opened your mouth.
ES:
En esos estafadores de tercera con los que tuve que negociar cada vez que abrías la boca.
EN:
They OD'd. Got shot down in nickel and dime robberies.
ES:
Reincidieron, pero peor, crimen en las escuelas, robos...
EN:
'Cause this is nickel and dime shit you've been giving me...
ES:
Esto es mierda.
EN:
Just nickel and dime stuff.
ES:
Puras cosas menores.
EN:
We're nickel and dime guys.
ES:
Ocuparnos de la calderilla.
EN:
We got caught because we were hustling nickel and dime.
ES:
Pelearnos por la calderilla.
EN:
When you spread help too thin you just nickel and dime the situation.
ES:
Si extiendes la ayuda a todos, sólo les llegará un centavo por cabeza.
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