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амер.; жарг.≈ грош цена, в подмётки не годится (обыкн. употр. с гл. to look)These wanderers made my oyster-piracy look like thirty cents. (J. London, ‘The Road’, ‘Road-Kids and Gay-Cats’) — Моя кража устриц - ничто по сравнению с приключениями этих бродяг.
I knew this correspondence-school business had become a mighty profitable game - makes suburban real-estate look like two cents... (S. Lewis, ‘Babbitt’, ch. VI) — Я слыхал, что заочное преподавание - дело весьма выгодное; в сравнении с ним наша контора по продаже земельных участков - грошовое предприятие.
Hell, I bet that Flo'd look like ten cents up side these babies I'm telling you about. (E. Caldwell, ‘The Bastard and Poor Fool’, ch. 14) — Черт подери! Даю голову на отсечение, что эта Фло в подметки не годится девчонкам, о которых я тебе рассказываю.
I realized it was my mistake and felt like two cents. (WD) — Я понял, что допустил ошибку, и как-то сразу упал в собственных глазах.
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