penny ante

1 Its theme was that penny-ante contributions to local charitable institutions was as nothing, compared with the moral imperative to make as much money as one could, and then give it away.

2 Peep: ain’t no manuals for going from peddling near penny-ante amounts of crack to moving a whole kilo on consignment.

3 Unlike shoplifting, this is not a penny-ante crime, and it’s carried out every day with the ruthless efficiency of the boardroom.

4 That was penny-ante compared to the news that a metal salvager had found 52 of that year’s Oscars statuettes, still plastic-wrapped, in the trash behind a Koreatown store.

5 And the abuelas did not like to lose their penny ante poker games, said Surfside native Michelle Kuper, whose grandmother and aunt lived in Champlain East.

6 It's no penny - ante job -- he's making real money.

那不是份 零工 _他的确开始赚钱了.

7 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.

1 可鄙的

wretched cheap worthless shitty despicable cowardly grubby contemptible ignominious sneaking pitiable no-good pissant misbegotten

2 琐碎小事

fiddle-faddle