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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 (17 total; 17 unique)เหรียญ 5 เซนต์ไม่มีทางจะมีค่าเป็นเหรียญ 10 เซนต์ ทุกวันนี้เงินไม่ได้มีค่ามากเท่าเมื่อก่อนอีกแล้ว เงินสลึงแทบจะไม่มีค่าอะไรอีกแล้ว หนึ่งสลึงไม่เท่าครึ่งบาทอีกต่อไป เหรียญสตางค์ไม่ได้มีค่ามากขนาดนั้นแล้ว สลึงมีค่าไม่ถึงสตางค์อีกแล้ว เหรียญสลึงมันไม่ได้มีค่าเท่ากับห้าสิบสตางค์อีกต่อไปแล้ว เหรียญนิกเกิลไม่มีเทียบเท่ากับเหรียญไดมอีกต่อไปแล้ว เหรียญ 5 เซนต์ไม่ได้มีค่าเท่ากับเหรียญ 10 เซนต์อีกต่อไปแล้ว เศษเงินเดี๋ยวนี้ไม่มีค่าเหมือนเดิมแล้วล่ะ เดี๋ยวนี้เงินหนึ่งสลึงไม่สามารถซื้อเหรียญหนึ่งสลึงได้อีกแล้ว 5 เซนต์ไม่มีค่าเท่า 10 เซนต์อีกต่อไป แค่นิเกลเดียวไม่คุุ้มค่าอะไรเลย ช่างหาค่ามิได้เลยเหรียญกษาปณ์ของเรา สตางค์ไม่ค่อยมีค่าแล้ว แม้แต่บาทเดี่ยว นิกเคิลเดียวมันไม่มีค่าอะไรอีกแล้วละ 5 เซนต์ไม่มีค่าเกิน 10 เซนต์อีกต่อไป | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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