chicken-feed
a small amount of money paid to a worker
TRANSLATION
lächerliche Summe, Peanuts, Lappalie, ein paar Pfennige, Hungerlohn das Hühnerfutter = chicken-feed
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Misunderstanding!
During the Anglo-American occupation after World War II the German economic director stated that the grain supplied by the Americans was 'CHICKEN-FEED'.
It was indeed largely maize and the director had described it accurately. But he was unaware that the words he had chosen, in the United States, had another idiomatic and very negative meaning.
'Three hundred million bucks,' exclaimed General Clay, American Military Governor, 'and the bastard calls it chicken-feed!'
Clay, Lucius DuBignon (1897-1978) American general noted for his command of U.S. forces in Germany (1945–1949) and for his supervision of the Berlin airlift (1948)
During the Anglo-American occupation after World War II the German economic director stated that the grain supplied by the Americans was 'CHICKEN-FEED'.
It was indeed largely maize and the director had described it accurately. But he was unaware that the words he had chosen, in the United States, had another idiomatic and very negative meaning.
'Three hundred million bucks,' exclaimed General Clay, American Military Governor, 'and the bastard calls it chicken-feed!'
Clay, Lucius DuBignon (1897-1978) American general noted for his command of U.S. forces in Germany (1945–1949) and for his supervision of the Berlin airlift (1948)
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chicken-feed
Means an insultingly small amount of money.
Origin: This expression first appeared in the early 1800s and refers to the fact that chickens can be fed corn and wheat grains too small for other uses.
Synonyms:
chicken-feed, dribble, driblet, drop, inadequacy, insufficiency, mite, modicum, peanuts, pittance, portion, ration, scrap, slave wages, smidgen, trace, trifle
Means an insultingly small amount of money.
Origin: This expression first appeared in the early 1800s and refers to the fact that chickens can be fed corn and wheat grains too small for other uses.
Synonyms:
chicken-feed, dribble, driblet, drop, inadequacy, insufficiency, mite, modicum, peanuts, pittance, portion, ration, scrap, slave wages, smidgen, trace, trifle
