I felt like a penny waiting for change

I felt like a penny waiting for change.

Rur. I felt worthless or helpless. When I lost the race, I felt like a penny waiting for change. My best girl went off with someone else. I felt like a penny waiting for change.
See also: change, felt, like, penny, waiting
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • I've never (done something) in all my (born) days
  • shiver
  • a shiver down (one's) spine
  • a sitting duck
  • a sitting duck/target
  • be rid of (someone or something)
  • the rat race
  • rat race
  • rat race, a
  • be etched on (one's) heart