crumbs from someone's table

crumbs from (one's) table

An insufficient or unfair amount of something provided by one when one has a sufficient or abundant amount. I know he can afford to pay me more, so I refuse to accept crumbs from his table.
See also: crumb, table

crumbs from the rich man's table

An insufficient or unfair amount of something provided by one who has an abundance. I know he can afford to pay me more, so I refuse to accept crumbs from the rich man's table
See also: crumb, rich, table
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

crumbs from someone's (or a rich man's) table

an unfair and inadequate or unsatisfactory share of something.
Luke 16:21 describes the beggar Lazarus as ‘desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table’.
See also: crumb, table
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • crumbs from (one's) table
  • crumbs from the rich man's table
  • if that
  • amount to
  • as many as
  • as many as...
  • by a margin (of something)
  • margin
  • of the order of (some amount)
  • in/of the order of