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What does "cheaper by the dozen" mean?

What does the saying "a dime a dozen" mean to you?

  • In regards to getting a job, like the chances of it happening, if someone were to say my chances were a dime a dozen. I would think it'd be easy to get ajob. But my cousin thinks it used to say its RARE. what do you think?

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    I've always thought it meant "very common,inexpensive and or plentiful". For example: In the summertime sunglasses are a dime a dozen. Meaning: they are in every store and you can get them cheap because it's summer.

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It means cheap. I mean literraly a dime a dozen for anything is really cheap. Maybe your cousin is thinking it is rare that you find something so worthless you can sell it for that price. j/k

milained

Hi. If blue diamonds were "a dime a dozen" you could have 12 of them for 10 cents.

Cirric

Your cousin has confused that expression with something like a "snowball's chance in hell." No one who speaks idiomatic English would use "dime a dozen" in connection with chances of something happening." It's used to describe something that is not rare or valuable. Eg "Gorgeous blonde movie starlets are a dime a dozen. I need somebody who can act. "

Lleh

I think whoever used the phrase that way does not know what it means. It means inexpensive.

Bill

A dime a dozen implies it is cheap because it is so plentiful.

Kokopelli

It means something is common and cheap or easy to get.

Serenity

no, it means very very common

Playing Nice

A dime a dozen basically means their everywhere. Your cousin is wrong.

Darcee

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