not worth a plug nickel

English

not worth a plug nickel

(chiefly US, idiomatic) Having no or almost no value; worthless.
- 1975 Sep. 25, Vincent Canby, "Redford a CIA Eccentric in Three Days of Condor" (film review), New York Times, p. 60:
  In the screenplay by Lorenzo Semple Jr., and David Rayfiel, Turner very early on stumbles upon the existence of a kind of super-C.I.A. within the C.I.A., after which his life is not worth a plug nickel.

Of the alternative forms of this idiom, "not worth a plugged nickel" has a longer usage history than "not worth a plug nickel."

单词	not worth a plug nickel
释义	not worth a plug nickel English Alternative forms not worth a plugged nickel Adjective not worth a plug nickel (chiefly US, idiomatic) Having no or almost no value; worthless. 1975 Sep. 25, Vincent Canby, "Redford a CIA Eccentric in Three Days of Condor" (film review), New York Times, p. 60: In the screenplay by Lorenzo Semple Jr., and David Rayfiel, Turner very early on stumbles upon the existence of a kind of super-C.I.A. within the C.I.A., after which his life is not worth a plug nickel. Usage notes Of the alternative forms of this idiom, "not worth a plugged nickel" has a longer usage history than "not worth a plug nickel." Synonyms not worth a brass farthing Related terms don't take any wooden nickels plug nickel / plugged nickel
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