chicken feed Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
chicken feed
a small sum of money The money that I lost at the horse races was only chicken feed so I am not worried about it at all.chicken feed|chicken|feed
n., slang A very small sum of money. John and Bill worked very hard, but they were only paid chicken feed. Mr. Jones is so rich be thinks a thousand dollars is chicken feed.for chicken feed
for chicken feedsee chicken feed.
chicken feed
A very paltry or minuscule amount of money; the absolute minimum amount. Suzy's brother has a connection in the stadium, so we got these tickets for chicken feed! I had a few jobs during college working for chicken feed, but it was the only work I could get that fit in with my studies.Learn more: chicken, feedchicken feed
Fig. a small amount of anything, especially of money. [Learn more 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.Learn more: chicken, feedchicken 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] Learn more: chicken, feedchicken feed
INFORMAL1. If an amount, usually of money, is chicken feed, it is very small, especially compared with another amount. The £70,000-a-year backing received from sponsors is chicken feed compared to the £20m budgets available to some of his rivals.
2. If someone or something is chicken feed, they are insignificant, especially compared with another person or thing. There's Masters, too. He's the biggest threat. We're just chicken feed.Learn more: chicken, feed
chicken feed
a paltry sum of money. informalLearn more: chicken, feedˈchicken feed
[informal] a small and unimportant amount of money: My salary is chicken feed compared with hers.Learn more: chicken, feedchicken feed
n. a small amount of money. [Learn more peanuts.] It may be chicken feed to you, but that’s a month’s rent to me. Learn more: chicken, feedDịch Sang Tiếng Việt:
Danh từ [Mỹ]
1. thức ăn cho gà vịt
2. vật tầm thường
3. [từ lóng] món tiền nhỏ mọn
4. tin vịt cố ý để lộ [cho đặc vụ để đánh lừa]
Dictionary, Tra Từ Trực Tuyến, Dịch Online, Translate, Translation, Từ điển chuyên ngành Y khoa, Vietnamese Dictionary, Nghĩa Tiếng Việt
Từ: chicken-feed
/'tʃikin'fi:d/
-
danh từ
thức ăn cho gà vịt
-
vật tầm thường
-
[từ lóng] món tiền nhỏ mọn
-
tin vịt cố ý để lộ [cho đặc vụ để đánh lừa]