A Nickel or a Dime
May refer to an item for sale that isn't worth selling, or to describe someone who is particularly tight-fisted when it comes to money.
Ha! I wouldn't give you a nickel or a dime for that lot!
nickels on the dime
This is a phrase that's used during negotiations.
It basically means that what you're asking for would make your share too large.
aka asking for 2 nickels per 1 dime
It basically means that what you're asking for would make your share too large.
aka asking for 2 nickels per 1 dime
person 1: "So what percentage would I be taking?"
person 2: "I'd give you seven, we could shake and make it happen"
person 1: "I wasn't born this morning, eighteen would be just fine"
person 2: "Why not just go ahead and ask for nickels on the dime?"
person 1: "Fifteen"
person 2: "I'd do eight"
person 1: "twelve"
person 2: "seven"
person 1: "ugh fine, 10?"
person 2: "nine it is then"
person 1: "...deal"
person 2: "I'd give you seven, we could shake and make it happen"
person 1: "I wasn't born this morning, eighteen would be just fine"
person 2: "Why not just go ahead and ask for nickels on the dime?"
person 1: "Fifteen"
person 2: "I'd do eight"
person 1: "twelve"
person 2: "seven"
person 1: "ugh fine, 10?"
person 2: "nine it is then"
person 1: "...deal"
Nickel to a dime
prison term where you could be in for 5 years and up to 10
- Yeah? How many years you pulling?
- Five to ten.
- Nickel to a dime. It ain't shit, baby.
- Five to ten.
- Nickel to a dime. It ain't shit, baby.
nickel with a dime chaser
prison term where you could be in for 5 years and up to 10
first time offender on assault with a deadly waepon easily looking at a nickel with a dime chaser
nickel and dime
Traditionally used as part of the larger phrase "To be nickled and dimed to death", referring to the undesired price of upkeep for a certain item. More fundamentally, it refers simply to seemingly hidden ongoing expenses which, over time, add up to a large expense.
That POS Ford is nickle and diming me to death.
nickel and dime
1) To be extremely cheap with someone or demand every last dollar.
2) To provide people with small bags of marijuana.
2) To provide people with small bags of marijuana.
Thurgood: "Whats up nigga, you gonna nickel and dime (2) me today as usual?"
Samson: "Aiight dogg I'll give you this dime bag here for $17."
Thurgood: "Sheeit, all I got is this $16. I'll get you the $1 later."
Samson: "No can do. I need it all up front."
Thurgood: "Man why you gotta go and nickel and dime (1) me like that?"
Samson: "Aiight dogg I'll give you this dime bag here for $17."
Thurgood: "Sheeit, all I got is this $16. I'll get you the $1 later."
Samson: "No can do. I need it all up front."
Thurgood: "Man why you gotta go and nickel and dime (1) me like that?"
nickels and dimes
A word used in reference to marijuana which is also known as weed. Origin: Came from the various denominations of weed, 5 dollars worth of weed and 10 dollars worth of it which gave rise to the term nickels and dimes.
"From The Nickels And The Dimes To The Whole Kilo."- Bang Bang by Young Buck