fifty-cent tour | Idiomator

Meaning: (US,idiomatic,derogatory,usuallyhumorous)Afastandgeneralintroductionto aplace.Synonyms:ten-cent tour,nickel tourLet me give you thefifty-cent tourof the office.2001, John Fiduccia,Paranoid,→ISBN, page291:Spider then gave me thefifty-cent tourof the facility, showing me all the various departments and telling me their functions.2009, Ronald Long,The Demise of a Texas King,→ISBN:Investigator Bays quickly gave his young rookie thefifty-centtour of downtown.2010, Cynthia Baxter,Summer House,→ISBN:“Well,” she said boldly, “if you're looking for ways to keep out of the house, I'd be happy to take you on thefifty-cent tourof the island sometime.”

Examples:

EN: Hey, why don't I give you a quick fifty-cent tour?
ES: Oye, ¿por qué no te doy un recorrido rápido?
ID: Hei, mengapa aku tidak ajak kamu berkeliling sebentar?

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