| Idiom | Chicken Feed |
|---|---|
| Example | Mr. Baer loves his job at the museum, even though they pay only chicken feed. |
| Meaning | a very small or insignificant amount of money |
| Origin | This American barnyard saying came from the pioneer days. The grain for the chickens to eat had to be inexpensive. At one point in our country's history, "chicken feed" came to mean small coins. Today people use "chicken feed" when something costs only a little bit of money or they're getting low pay at work. "Chicken feed" sometimes means misleading information that is given to throw someone off the track. |
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