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Source text segment #10- "A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore." Rank by: +20-0 "{blank} ain't worth a dime" is a set expression. This quote is funny because Yogi inserted "nickel".  +14 | -3 Actually, it is the other way around: a nickel is worth 5 US cents and the dime is worth 10 US cents. +14 | -4 Money has lost its value. +9 It's funny because a nickel has never been worth a dime! +6 | -2 It's not only "ain't worth a dime" that is a set expression here. We should not forget about the other set expression as well - nickel-and-dime (adj.), which means unimportant or involving little money. So the effect of pun is achieved here by means of th +1 Berra's thoughts on inflation. +1 | -2 Here I expected some Spanish native to write: "Una rubia ya no vale un duro." "rubia" -"blond"- was the 1 peseta coin, which was golden (blond) due to a copper-nickel alloy, and "duro" was a 5 pesetas coin. A pitty nobody though of it. -5 Nowadays a dime (10¢) is not enough to buy what used to cost a nickel (5¢ = half)) in the past. Just check the web... in 1926 a new, no-frills, T-model Ford cost only $260. -8 (I don't know about the value of nickel nor dime, but I suppose this is what it means). Something can once be very useful. But once the time has passed, it is no longer as worthy. -13 One has to know that a nickel is 10 US cents and a dime is 5... | Translations of this segment (56 total; 53 unique)Ya no podemos decir que un peso no vale ni un penique Ya una moneda de cinco no vale ni un duro Cinco centavos ya no valen más diez centavos Ya nadie da un duro por una peseta Hoy en día, una moneda de cinco no vale ni diez Cinco pesetas ya no valen un duro Un mango ya no vale un diego." (Adaptación al español rioplatense Ya no dan duros a cuatro pesetas Un veinte ya no vale un peso Una moneda ya no vale su cambio chico Una moneda de 5 centavos hoy día ya no vale ni un peso". (México Cinco céntimos ya no valen diez Un duro ya no vale ni una peseta Un céntimo ya no vale nada Un vintén ya no vale ni un centavo Ya no se dan duros a pesetas Ya nadie da duros a pesetas Un níquel ya no vale ni diez centavos Cinco céntimos no valen ni diez Un céntimo ya no vale ni un real Un tostón ya no vale un centavo La peseta ya no vale un duro Una moneda ya no vale un mango Una peseta ya no vale un duro hoy en día Ya una moneda de cinco centavos no vale para nada Un céntimo ya no vale ni un duro Un centavo ya no vale un peso La vida está muy cara. Un duro ya no vale ni cinco pesetas Un peso ya no vale ni un céntimo Una moneda de cinco centavos ya no vale diez Hoy en día ya no te dan doce por docena Ni el oro vale su precio en oro Ya cinco no vale diez El peso ya no vale un céntimo 5 cts. ya no valen 10 cts Un centavo ya no vale ni un peso Una peseta ya no vale ni un duro Vender oro no te deja nada de plata Ya nadie da duros a cuatro pesetas Un euro ya no vale un duro Cinco centavos ya no valen más 10 Un peso ya no vale ni un centavo Una perra chica ya no vale lo mismo Un níquel ya no vale 10 centavos Un níquel ya no vale nada Un céntimo ya no vale ni medio dólar Un céntimo ya no vale su peso en oro Ya no vale la pena cambiar diez centavos por dos de a cinco Un céntimo ya no vale ni un vintén Una moneda de cinco centavos ya no vale una moneda de diez centavos Nunca más un penique volverá a valer un chelín Un cinco ya no vale ni dos cincos de antes un décimo ya no cuesta ni un centavo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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