nickel and dime

Traditionally used as part of the larger phrase "To be nickled and dimed to death", referring to the undesired price of upkeep for a certain item. More fundamentally, it refers simply to seemingly hidden ongoing expenses which, over time, add up to a large expense.

That POS Ford is nickle and diming me to death.

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nickel and dime

1) To be extremely cheap with someone or demand every last dollar.

2) To provide people with small bags of marijuana.

Thurgood: "Whats up nigga, you gonna nickel and dime (2) me today as usual?"
Samson: "Aiight dogg I'll give you this dime bag here for $17."
Thurgood: "Sheeit, all I got is this $16. I'll get you the $1 later."
Samson: "No can do. I need it all up front."
Thurgood: "Man why you gotta go and nickel and dime (1) me like that?"

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dime a dozen

Anything that is plentiful with little value. Possibly this phrase originated in the early 1900's as a sale discount for candies that cost a penny.

Opinions are a dime a dozen.

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DROP A DIME

To tell on someone

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dime

7 gram sac of weed in tx

lets smoke a whole dime sac

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dime out

used by will smith in his show The fresh Prince of Belair meaning selling some one out.

"man why did you dime him out like that to his parents?" (dime out goes around the person)

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dirty dime

The dirty dime is a nickname for Tennessee. It comes from the lyrics of Blak Jak's "Ride & Swerve" though it was probably used colloquially before that. The components of the phrase come from the dirty south or the dirty dirty, and dime as in ten(nessee).

"I'm from the dirty dime, aka Tennessee" - Blak Jak

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