a dime's worth »
An insignificant amount.
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albatross »
A long-term impediment, burden, or curse.
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dim bulb »
A person who is slow-witted.
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dimber damber upright man »
The chief of a gang of thieves or gypsies.
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dime a dozen »
So common as to be practically worthless.
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drop a dime »
To make a phone call, usually means calling the police to report another's activities.
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drop the gloves »
To remove a prior impediment to action; to prepare for or engage in a dispute.
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f** this »
The phrase emphatically diminishes the activity or event referred to and expresses that the speaker will have no more to do with it.
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fall off »
To diminish in size or value.
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glimmer »
A faint light; a dim glow.
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go off the boil »
To become of diminished intensity or urgency.
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in for a dime, in for a dollar »
Americanised form of in for a penny, in for a pound.1983, Allen Drury, Decision, p. 356:In for a dime, in for a dollar, he thought crazily, and said what he had to say in a voice he forced to stay level and calm.1998, Ellen Miller, Like Being Killed, p. 47:In for a dime, in for a dollar. I whispered to Gerry,
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knuckle dragger »
A large, strong, and rather dimwitted person.
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melon head »
A dimwit, a fool.
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nickel and dime »
Small time; operating on a small scale; involving small amounts of money; petty or cheap.
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nickel-and-dime »
Alternative spelling of nickel and dime.
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not worth a dime »
Worthless, lacking in value.
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old time used to be »
Somebody Loan Me A Dime. lyrics by Boz Scaggs.
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peter out »
To dwindle; to trail off; to diminish to nothing.
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showstopper »
Any impediment that prevents all further progress.
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stop on a dime »
To stop dead; stop suddenly.
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stumbing-block »
A hindrance, obstacle or impediment.
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stumbling block »
A hindrance, obstacle or impediment.
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take a dim view of »
To dislike; to regard with skepticism, disbelief, disfavor, etc.
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take away »
To subtract or diminish something.
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taper off »
To diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc.
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throw dirt enough, and some will stick »
If enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at [1] on 14 Oct 06.I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say
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wear off »
To diminish in effect.
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