🐔 Chicken
"Chicken feed"
Meaning
A very small amount of money.
About the chicken
Chickens startle easily and are tied to eggs before they hatch, which is where idioms about fear and counting rewards too early come from.
Example sentence
The prize looked big to me, but to the rich man it was chicken feed.
Test yourself
Which idiom means...
A very small amount of money.
More chicken idioms
ChickenIdiom
"Chickens come home to roost"
Bad actions from the past cause problems later.
ChickenIdiom
"Count your chickens before they hatch"
To make plans based on success that has not happened yet.
ChickenIdiom
"Rule the roost"
To be in charge.
ChickenIdiom
"Henpecked"
Often criticized or controlled by a partner.
ChickenIdiom
"Don't count your chickens before they hatch"
Do not make plans based on success that has not happened yet.
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"No spring chicken"
Not young anymore.