Idiom
chicken feed
Meaning
A very small or insignificant quantity, especially of money.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The bonus they offered me is just chicken feed.”
“He complained that the small commission was chicken feed compared to the hours he spent working.”
“While the company reported record profits, the meager raise offered to the staff was dismissed by the union as mere chicken feed.”
Examples
simple
“The bonus they offered me is just chicken feed.”
contextual
“He complained that the small commission was chicken feed compared to the hours he spent working.”
complex
“While the company reported record profits, the meager raise offered to the staff was dismissed by the union as mere chicken feed.”
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