chicken-feed
Hardly worth mentioning
Chicken feed is a trifling amount of money, something so small it's barely worth considering: They offered me fifty bucks—chicken feed compared to what the job's worth.
The image is literal grain scattered for poultry.
The term often appears when dismissing an amount that might sound significant but isn't in context: A million dollars is chicken feed to these corporations.
poultry-feed
Superficial wound or mark
- pelletsSmall compressed spheres
- cornCereal grown on cobs
- mashCrushed soft mixture
- crumbleFragment gradually
grains · grit · forage · mealworms · wheat · barley · oats · millet
pittance
Edible underground legumes
- chump-changeInsignificant sum, slang
- shoestringCord for footwear
- trifleInsignificant matter or thing
- pittanceInsultingly small payment
scratch
Superficial wound or mark
crumble · grains · grit · forage · mealworms · wheat · barley · oats · millet · sorghum
peanuts
Edible underground legumes
- chump-changeInsignificant sum, slang
- shoestringCord for footwear
- trifleInsignificant matter or thing