VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Nickel and Dime

Meaning:

To negotiate over very small sums; to try to get a better financial deal, in a negative way

Examples:

  • Well, maybe it wasn't nickel and dime.
  • Well, maybe it wasn't nickel and dime.
  • And the bosses have taken every nickel and dime from the government that they could lay their hands on.