dime a dozen
Cheap and plentiful
Dime a dozen describes something so common or abundant that it has little value.
The phrase implies you could buy twelve for ten cents—practically worthless: Good intentions are a dime a dozen.
Often used dismissively: Guys like him are a dime a dozen.
- ordinaryStandard, unremarkable
- run of the millUnexceptionally standard or typical
- everydayOccurring each day
- commonplaceUnremarkable and frequent
- cheapLow in price
two a penny · garden-variety · generic · cookie-cutter · inexpensive · average · insignificant · ubiquitous · plenteous · trivial · unremarkable · expendable · replaceable · mass-produced · workaday · mundane · humdrum · abundant
- worthless thingsnot worth a hill of beans, two-bit, good for nothing, piece of junk, pile of garbage
- money idiomsarm and a leg, break the bank, penny pincher, cheapskate, tightwad
- Insignificant thingstrivial, minor, small, tiny, negligible
- dullnessboring, boredom, monotony, dullness, banality
- losersloser, failure, runner-up, flop, beaten
dime a dozenrare
Seldom found or seen
scarce · hard to come by · few and far between · in short supply · uncommon
dime a dozenprecious
Highly esteemed, greatly valued
priceless · invaluable · valuable · prized · worth its weight in gold
dime a dozenone of a kind
Utterly without equal
unique · one in a million · exceptional · extraordinary · singular