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chicken feed
chicken feed
Fig. a small amount of anything, especially of money. (See also for chicken feed. Compare this with for peanuts.) Of course I can afford $800. That's just chicken feed. It may be chicken feed to you, but that's a month's rent to me.
chicken feed
a very small amount of money, especially money that is paid for doing a job He pays his labourers chicken feed.
chicken feed
Trifling amount of money, as in I'm not going to mow lawns for $5 an hour-that's chicken feed. This expression alludes to the fact that chickens can be fed corn and wheat grains too small for other uses. [Slang; early 1800s]
chicken feed
n. a small amount of money. (see also
peanuts.)
It may be chicken feed to you, but that’s a month’s rent to me.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Zvjezdana | | ZVYEZ-dah-nah | Croatian |
Josette | | zho-ZET | French |
Francisco | | frahn-THEES-ko (Spanish), frahn-SEES-ko (Latin American Spanish), frən-SEESH-koo (Portuguese) | Spanish, Portuguese |
Talia (2) | | - | English (Australian) |
Leoncio | | le-ON-thyo (Spanish), le-ON-syo (Latin American Spanish) | Spanish |
Annamaria | | - | Italian |