dime a dozen

English

Etymology

As though twelve (a dozen) could be purchased for one dime (10¢).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

a dime a dozen

1. (Australia, US, idiomatic) So common as to be practically worthless.

   People with your skills are a dime a dozen these days.

Synonyms

• ten a penny

Translations

so common as to be practically worthless

Dutch: dertien in een dozijn Finnish: (mahtua) kolmetoista tusinaan French: à la pelle (fr) German: wie Sand am Meer (de), haufenweise (de), nachgeschmissen (de), nachgeworfen (de), hinterhergeworfen, en masse (de) Hindi: कौड़ियों के भाव (kauṛiyõ ke bhāv), मिट्टी के मोल (miṭṭī ke mol) Italian: a iosa (it), a dozzine Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: ne hêja ye pênc qirûşan Russian: как соба́к нере́занных (kak sobák nerézannyx), двена́дцать на дю́жину (dvenádcatʹ na djúžinu) Spanish: adocenado (es) Swedish: tretton på dussinet (literally “thirteen on the dozen”) Thai: มากจนเป็นของธรรมดา

See also

• buyer's market

Anagrams

• daemonized, dæmonized