# dime's worth

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/dimes-worth
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

An insignificant amount

## Examples

- There is not a dime's worth of difference between these two phones.
- The two candidates have similar plans, and voters feel there is not a dime's worth of difference between them.
- Despite the heated rhetoric during the debate, the seasoned observer noted that neither policy proposal offered a dime's worth of real change for the struggling economy.

## Origin

Derived from not worth a dime.

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