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These days, the idiom "chicken feed" means a small amount of money. The term is believed to have come about because small coins such as pennies and nickels were commonplace and not worth much - rather like the seeds fed to chickens.
The idiom used to have another meaning as well. The story goes that, during World War II, there were German spies who are double agents, working for both their own country and the British Government. In order for the British government to make Germany believe its spies were gathering useful information, it would "feed" them some false information - called chickenfeed.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 8y agoIt means small or insignificant as in "The pay for this job is chicken feed"
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What does chicken feed mean?
When referring to business or money, chicken feed means a small or insignificant amount of money.
What does you're no spring chicken mean?
A spring chicken is the farmer's term for one born in the latest spring. This idiom is saying you're not very young.
How do you extract ephedrine from chicken feed?
The rumor that you can extract ephedrine from chicken feed is an urban legend. There are no chicken feed manufacturers that add ephedrine to their chicken feed.
What does the phrase mean to feed your brain?
To feed your brain means to gain more knowledge. A related idiom is food for thought, and that is something to consider or ponder. "You should go to the library and feed your brain."
How do you dielver the feed in poptropica?
First you take the chicken and then the feed then take the chicken back and then the fox then the chicken.
How do you get the chicken a crosed noobiti?
first bring the chicken then the feed for the chicken but when you bring the feed bring the chicken back then bring the fox the the chicken last
Can you get ephedrine from red rooster chicken feed?
NO, chicken feed does not contain this drug.
Is 'chicken' an idiom?
Chicken is not an idiom, because an idiom is a phrase. Chicken, meaning afraid or cowardly, is a slang term. Slang is when you have a word (sometimes a couple of words) that local people use in a different way from the accepted meaning. Americans call someone 'chicken' not because they are domesticated birds that lay eggs and taste good fried, but because they act afraid.
How do you get everything across the zip line in opoptropica?
first you take the chicken then you go back to the feed and wolf after that take the feed to the chicken the take the chicken with you back to the wolf and take the wolf to the feed then take the chicken to the wolf and feed
Is it safe to feed a dog a chicken that is alive?
Is it safe to feed your dog a chicken that is alive?
Maize as a Food of chicken?
Chicken feed does have corn in it.
What do Australian chicken eat?
Australian chicken feed
