I won't work for peanuts.You surely don't expect me to do this for chicken feed, do you?
for peanuts
For a very paltry or minuscule amount of money; for nearly no money or the absolute minimum amount. I managed to get tickets! Suzy's brother has a connection in the stadium, so we got them for peanuts!I had a few jobs during college working for peanuts, but it was the only work I could get that fit in with my schedule.
for peanuts
and for chicken feed
mod. for practically no money at all. (see also chicken feed.) I won’t work for peanuts! They expect me to do all that for chicken feed.