penny ante (打扑克等)赌注小的赌博;小金额或小额硬币的交易;无关紧要的事
- Nothing big, just penny-ante stuff.
没有大,只是一分钱事先东西。 - There's a lot of penny-ante politics going on at our office.
在我们办公室里,有许多为了一些琐碎小事而勾心斗角的事情。 - I used to run a fruit store at the Central Market, It was nothing much, just a penny-ante operation.
我从前在中央市场开水果店,不是什麽大生意,小儿科而已。
penny ante[ noun ]- a business deal on a trivial scale
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- poker played for small stakes
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