nickel and dime (suomeksi)

Määritelmät:

(lb, en, US, idiomatic, colloquial) small-time, Small time; operating on a small scale; involving small amounts of money; petty or cheap.
(lb, en, US, idiomatic, colloquial) To charge, or be charged, several unexpected small amounts of money, often in the form of fees, taxes, or related expenses to a venture, which when taken as a whole add up to a significant unexpected cost.
(lb, en, US, idiomatic, colloquial, figuratively) To wear down in small increments; to quibble or obsess endlessly with (someone) over trifles.
(lb, en, US, slang) Fifteen years.