penny ante

Related to penny ante: out of whack, heads-up, perish the thought, I couldn't agree more

penny ante

Having little or no significance or worth. They seem to think this penny ante increase to the minimum wage is some kind of massive victory that will change everyone's lives for the better. My wife always comes back from our vacations with a bag full of penny ante trinkets that get thrown out a year later.

penny-ante

mod. trivial; cheap. (see also ante.) I’m sick of this penny-ante stuff. Let’s get serious.

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

See also:

penny-ante
raise the ante
raise the ante, to
raise/up the ante
pretty penny
pretty penny, a
a pretty penny
spend a penny
penny for the guy
gain

References in periodicals archive

(12) The gambling statute provides for an exception to the law in the case of "penny ante" card games.

Condo casino! Gambling law and the Florida community association

And of course expressions like penny dread rid, penny ante, penny-pinching, and a host of others will be familiar to most.

The language of LSD

In the Washington Post, Michael Massing declares it's beyond question that the media are connected to real-world violence, although I find it hard to believe that the movies he singles out-LA Confidential and Pulp Fiction- had anything to do with the inner-city violence that he says shaped his views: crackheads throwing children off rooftops, teens killed in penny ante drug deals (besides, isn't rap music the usual suspect here?).

Natural Born Killers

The others are penny ante crooks out for an easy score.

The right three strikes

You know, Three Card Monty, 10/20 Switch, penny ante con, like that.

Mississippi Red

PENNY ANTE. There is a small two-way artery which forks off close to the end of West Service Road just before Sucat.

Trick or treat? The Skyway's the limit!

The amount of P10 billion itself looks like penny ante compared to what Marcos stole, what Arroyo stole, what Erap stole.

Like parents, like children

This is no penny ante business, either: DARE, which was specifically held up as exemplary in two sections of last fall's crime bill, is competing with other druged programs for a chunk of the more than $500 million the feds put aside for such instruction.

Drug prevention placebo

词组	penny ante
释义	penny ante Related to penny ante: out of whack, heads-up, perish the thought, I couldn't agree more penny ante Having little or no significance or worth. They seem to think this penny ante increase to the minimum wage is some kind of massive victory that will change everyone's lives for the better. My wife always comes back from our vacations with a bag full of penny ante trinkets that get thrown out a year later. See also: ante, penny Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. penny-ante mod. trivial; cheap. (see also ante.) I’m sick of this penny-ante stuff. Let’s get serious. McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: penny-ante raise the ante raise the ante, to raise/up the ante pretty penny pretty penny, a a pretty penny spend a penny penny for the guy gain References in periodicals archive (12) The gambling statute provides for an exception to the law in the case of "penny ante" card games. Condo casino! Gambling law and the Florida community association And of course expressions like penny dread rid, penny ante, penny-pinching, and a host of others will be familiar to most. The language of LSD In the Washington Post, Michael Massing declares it's beyond question that the media are connected to real-world violence, although I find it hard to believe that the movies he singles out-LA Confidential and Pulp Fiction- had anything to do with the inner-city violence that he says shaped his views: crackheads throwing children off rooftops, teens killed in penny ante drug deals (besides, isn't rap music the usual suspect here?). Natural Born Killers The others are penny ante crooks out for an easy score. The right three strikes You know, Three Card Monty, 10/20 Switch, penny ante con, like that. Mississippi Red PENNY ANTE. There is a small two-way artery which forks off close to the end of West Service Road just before Sucat. Trick or treat? The Skyway's the limit! The amount of P10 billion itself looks like penny ante compared to what Marcos stole, what Arroyo stole, what Erap stole. Like parents, like children This is no penny ante business, either: DARE, which was specifically held up as exemplary in two sections of last fall's crime bill, is competing with other druged programs for a chunk of the more than $500 million the feds put aside for such instruction. Drug prevention placebo
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