chump change | Idiomator

Meaning: (chieflyUS,idiomatic)Anamountofremuneration,reward, or othermonetaryrecompenseconsidered to beinsultinglysmall.If you sell one of those cars, your commission will bechump change.I don't work forchump change. I quit!2006, Noire[pseudonym],Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.:One World,Ballantine Books,→ISBN,page76:It was hard to get two dollars out of either of them, and whateverchump changethey gave Mere'maw they expected her to squeeze it until it hollered.2009,Breaking Bad (season 2),'Breakage'(Episode 5 of Season 2) at 22 minutes. Jesse Pinkman to Walter White in the RV, making drugs, discussing Pinkman selling them direct rather than go through a dealer:"First of all, there's nowe. You're talking me, solo, busting my hump slinging shards. I got profile now. Don't you get that? DEA's up my ass. No, I'm not exposing myself to that level of risk forchump change. No way."; (chieflyUS,idiomatic)Asumofmoneyconsidered to beinsignificant.Near-synonyms:pocket money,walk-around money,walking-around money;small change,pocket change,loose change,spare change;pittanceHe spent $300,000 for his new car, but that'schump changefor a billionaire like him.

Examples:

EN: If I quit now, I took all this chance for nothing and I go back to being nothing, working some jive job for chump change day after day.
ES: Si me retiro ahora, me arriesgué por nada y volveré a ser nada, trabajando en un empleo insignificante sin remuneración.
EN: That's chump change, man! Whatcha gonna do with it? You gonna buy you a revolution?
ES: ¿Quieres comprar con eso una revolución y solucionar tus problemas?
EN: You sayin' he sent you to nick that chump change to get you pinched on purpose? All that to keep the 40 million to himself.
ES: ¿Quieres decir Rizzo te envía para dar un golpe de dos liras... y te hace atrapar para quedarse los 40 millones?
EN: Even if it seems like chump change to you, it's big bucks for us.
ES: Si para usted esto no es dinero, para nosotros es una fortuna.
EN: We're always working for chump change.
ES: Siempre se nos paga muy poco.
EN: No more chump change, none of that bull Just movies, museums, and the hall of fame
ES: No más salarios vergonzosos Sólo cine, museos y tiempo ocioso
EN: We owed the guys in Vegas a little chump change.
ES: Debíamos a unos tipos de Las Vegas cierta suma. No era mucho.
EN: Of course, that's chump change compared to the book, now ain't it, Oswaldo?
ES: Eso es poco dinero comparado con las apuestas, ¿verdad?
EN: [Laughing] That's chump change, man.
ES: Eso es una miseria.
EN: Now this ain't no breaking and entering or small-time chump change.
ES: No es nada de allanamiento ni estafa.
EN: Doing business for chump change.
ES: Hacías negocios por nada.
EN: Sometimes I feel there's got to be more out there... than picking up chump change at car accidents.
ES: A veces siento que tiene que haber mas alla afuera que juntar monedas con los accidentes de auto.
EN: Might as well have a sign on my back say "I make chump change".
ES: Podría también poner un cartel en mi espalda que diga "trabajo por nada".
EN: - Settle, for chump change.
ES: - Llegar a un acuerdo por una miseria.
EN: It could mean more cash than this chump change.
ES: Vas a ganar mucho más que estos asquerosos billetes.

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