small change | Idiomator

Meaning: Coinsof littlevaluekept in one's pocket or bag, ready for small purchases.Synonyms:pocket change,loose change,spare change;pocket shrapnel(slang),shrapnel(slang)Hypernyms:change,coinsHolonyms:pocket money,spending money,walk-around money,walking-around money;pin money; (idiomatic)Aminororinsignificantamount ofmoney.Synonyms:pocket change,loose change,spare change;chump change;pittance;coffee moneyThe cost of toothpaste issmall changecompared to the cost of dental work.1869,R[ichard] D[oddridge] Blackmore, chapter XI, inLorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor.[…], volume(please specify |volume=I to III), London:Sampson Low, Son, & Marston,[…],→OCLC:'Cousin Tom,' said mother, and trying to get so that Annie and I could not hear her; 'it would be a sad and unkinlike thing for you to despise our dwelling-house. We cannot entertain you, as the lordly inns on the road do; and we havesmall changeof victuals.; (idiomatic,by extension)A person or thing of littleimportanceor value.Synonyms:small-timer,small fry,small potatoes,nobody1988December 14,Vincent Canby, “Movie Review: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”, inNew York Times, retrieved25 May 2016:He's a self-satisfied klutz who aspires to be a con artist. . . . Compared with Lawrence, Freddy issmall change.

Examples:

EN: For your own sake, I'd like to make a small change to your Egyptian cat as soon as possible.
ES: Por tu propio bien, quiero hacer algunos cambios en tu gato egipcio.
EN: "This small change is hardly enough to keep me here with you."
ES: - No será con este dinero con el que piensas retenerme aquí.
EN: Say, get out of the way, small change.
ES: Sal del medio, moneditas.
EN: - Dry it up, small change!
ES: - ¡Cállate, moneditas!
EN: Take this and go around the joints and see if you can get me some small change.
ES: Toma esto y mira a ver si puedes traerme un poco de cambio.
EN: Got any small change, George?
ES: ¿Tienes cambio, George?
EN: How you fixed for small change?
ES: - ¿Tienes cambio?
EN: Honey, this joint don't deal in small change.
ES: Cariño, este garito no vende monedas pequeñas.
EN: We will win some small change.
ES: Vamos a ganar un pequeño cambio.
EN: - I mean .. As long as you've no small change on you I thought I may sort of buy you a drink.
ES: - Me refiero a que... ya que no tiene suelto, pensé que podría invitarla.
EN: Since Olinger replaced him on the carousel... it's small change.
ES: Desde que Olinger lo reemplazó en el carrusel.... hay poco trabajo.
EN: But unfortunately we don't have any small change right now.
ES: Aunque ahora no llevamos nada suelto.
EN: Only a few hairpins and some small change.
ES: Sólo unas horquillas y unas monedas.
EN: - You got any small change?
ES: - ¿Tiene cambio?
EN: No small change?
ES: - ¿No tienes nada más pequeño?

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