that and a nickel will buy you a cup of coffee en · X
Meanings
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(US, humorous, informal) Dismisses the mentioned thing as worthless or futile.
“My gut tells me that he is, but with that and two bucks, I can get a cup of coffee, but not much else,” growled Max.
2012, Walter A. Turner, The Back Bay File, page 307:"[…] I guess you got a medal when you got your arm shot off, didn't you?" "Yeah, I got the Purple Heart. That and a nickel will get you a cup of weak coffee at the Busy Bee Cafe."
2013, James Ward Lee, A Texas Jubilee: Thirteen Stories from the Lone Star State:“That and four bucks will buy you a cup of coffee,” Sunny said.
2019, Renee George, Thank You For Not Shifting:A reputation is only useful to dime novelists, boy. That rep and a nickel will buy you a cup of coffee.
2011, James Ankrom, The Reaper, page 83:
Synonyms
that and a token will get you on the subway · that and a nickel will get you on the subway