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Translations submitted for each source text segment are listed below. Segments have had surrounding punctuation stripped, and the resulting identical segments have been grouped together, so each listed translation should differ, but the difference may be subtle (eg. internal punctuation or diacritics).| Viewing segment # out of 14 |
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 (29 total; 29 unique)Копейка нынче не стоит и гроша Пятак нынче и гроша ломаного не стОит Нынешний червонец уже и пятерки не стоит Пятак нынче и гроша не стоит «Времена изменились: все уже не так, как было раньше Копейка больше не бережет рубль Десять центов за пять уже не купишь Теперь копейка пятака не стоит Грош цена теперь трем копейкам Пятак уже не стоит и червонца Овчинка яйца выеденного не стоит За пятак уже и гривенника не дают Пять центов не стоят уже и десятой части доллара Копейка уже и рубля не стоит Эта копейка и гроша ломаного не стоит Нынче пятак десяти центов не стоит Металл подешевел: за пятак больше не дают гривенный Пяти центам теперь грош цена Пятак уже десяти центов не стоит Никель не стоит теперь и десяти центов Пятицентовик уже не стоит и десяти центов За пятерку теперь даже червонец не купишь Все ценно в свое время Копейка рубль уже не бережет Даже деньги уже не те, что прежде Нынче медный пятак за копейку не купишь Полтинок больше не оценивается в рубль Раньше и трава на поле была зеленее На рубль доллар уж не купишь | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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