nickel and dime someone
nickel and dime (one)
To assess costs or fees in enough small amounts that it adds up to a substantial sum. Between the increases in property tax, sales tax, and income tax, I feel like the government is constantly trying to nickel and dime us. My phone company has been nickel and diming me for years.
See also: and, dime, nickel
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
nickel and dime someone
verbSee nickel and dime someone to death
See also: and, dime, nickel, someone
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- nickel and dime
- nickel and dime (one)
- nickel and dime (one) to death
- nickel and dime someone to death
- nickel-and-dime
- sin tax
- go Galt
- house poor
- bargepole
- in tandem