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idiomnickel-and-dime (sb/sth) AmEAmEto behave in a way that is not generous and that shows you think too much about unimportant things, especially small amounts of money:The administration has to provide enough money for this project. If we nickel-and-dime now, we'll be sorry later.Every day I have to start out by listening to a bunch of complaints and emotional nickel-and-diming. I'm sick of it!nickel-and-dime: We face big problems that can't be solved with nickel-and-dime solutions.
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