英语词组chicken feed是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

Idiom

chicken feed

Theme: CHEAPNESS

nearly nothing; very little money.

Bob doesn't get paid much. He works for chicken feed.You can buy an old car for chicken feed.

Slang

chicken feed

Theme: MONEY

n. a small amount of money.

Sure, I can afford it. It's just chicken feed.It may be chicken feed to you, but that's a month's rent to me.

idiomchicken feed(also chickenfeed)money used about an amount of something, especially money, that seems very small, especially in comparison with something else:It wasn't easy to fake the photograph, I can tell you - five hundred roubles was chickenfeed for the work I put in.The £250,000 that Spurs paid for him is beginning to look like chicken feed - he's scored 15 goals this season already.

chicken feed

A very paltry or minuscule amount of money; the absolute minimum amount. Suzy's brother has a connection in the stadium, so we got these tickets for chicken feed! I had a few jobs during college working for chicken feed, but it was the only work I could get that fit in with my studies.

chicken feed

Fig. a small amount of anything, especially of money. (See also for chicken feed. Compare this with for peanuts.) Of course I can afford $800. That's just chicken feed. It may be chicken feed to you, but that's a month's rent to me.

chicken feed

Trifling amount of money, as in I'm not going to mow lawns for $5 an hour-that's chicken feed. This expression alludes to the fact that chickens can be fed corn and wheat grains too small for other uses. [Slang; early 1800s]

chicken feed

INFORMAL

1. If an amount, usually of money, is chicken feed, it is very small, especially compared with another amount. The £70,000-a-year backing received from sponsors is chicken feed compared to the £20m budgets available to some of his rivals.

2. If someone or something is chicken feed, they are insignificant, especially compared with another person or thing. There's Masters, too. He's the biggest threat. We're just chicken feed.

chicken feed

a paltry sum of money. informal

ˈchicken feed

(informal) a small and unimportant amount of money: My salary is chicken feed compared with hers.

chicken feed

n. a small amount of money. (see also peanuts.) It may be chicken feed to you, but that’s a month’s rent to me.

词组	chicken feed
释义	Idiom chicken feed Theme: CHEAPNESS nearly nothing; very little money. Bob doesn't get paid much. He works for chicken feed.You can buy an old car for chicken feed. Slang chicken feed Theme: MONEY n. a small amount of money. Sure, I can afford it. It's just chicken feed.It may be chicken feed to you, but that's a month's rent to me. Idiom chicken feed a very small amount of money, especially money that is paid for doing a job. He pays his labourers chicken feed. idiomchicken feed(also chickenfeed)money used about an amount of something, especially money, that seems very small, especially in comparison with something else:It wasn't easy to fake the photograph, I can tell you - five hundred roubles was chickenfeed for the work I put in.The £250,000 that Spurs paid for him is beginning to look like chicken feed - he's scored 15 goals this season already. chicken feed A very paltry or minuscule amount of money; the absolute minimum amount. Suzy's brother has a connection in the stadium, so we got these tickets for chicken feed! I had a few jobs during college working for chicken feed, but it was the only work I could get that fit in with my studies. chicken feed Fig. a small amount of anything, especially of money. (See also for chicken feed. Compare this with for peanuts.) Of course I can afford $800. That's just chicken feed. It may be chicken feed to you, but that's a month's rent to me. chicken feed Trifling amount of money, as in I'm not going to mow lawns for $5 an hour-that's chicken feed. This expression alludes to the fact that chickens can be fed corn and wheat grains too small for other uses. [Slang; early 1800s] chicken feed INFORMAL 1. If an amount, usually of money, is chicken feed, it is very small, especially compared with another amount. The £70,000-a-year backing received from sponsors is chicken feed compared to the £20m budgets available to some of his rivals. 2. If someone or something is chicken feed, they are insignificant, especially compared with another person or thing. There's Masters, too. He's the biggest threat. We're just chicken feed. chicken feed a paltry sum of money. informal ˈchicken feed (informal) a small and unimportant amount of money: My salary is chicken feed compared with hers. chicken feed n. a small amount of money. (see also peanuts.) It may be chicken feed to you, but that’s a month’s rent to me.
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