"To dime a dozen" is incorrect. The phrase is "A dime a dozen" a North American slang phrase.
Dime = 5 cents (US)
Dozen = 12 of something
To imply that something is a dime a dozen implies it is low value, or near worthless.
In Spanish, "dime quien" translates to "tell me who" in English. It is a phrase used to ask someone to reveal the identity of a person.
A couple dozen lighthousesa is not the correct English because both the couple and dozen are collective words.
The 1937 Mercury Dime has the place where it was minted and the phrase 'One Dime'. It also has a picture of a fasces from the Ancient Roman world.
"my uncle Joe" is the appositive phrase, renaming or identifying the subject "Joe."
The phrase is " E Pluribus Unum ". It is Latin and can be translated as " One From Many ".
There seems to be no record of its first use, but it would have to be after the introduction of the US "dime" coin in 1796.The phrase "a dime a dozen" means that an item or commodity would not be difficult to find or acquire, as it is not highly valued (not that it actually has no value, only that it is common or plentiful).Example : "Screenplays about zombies are a dime a dozen."Example : "Pretty girls come a dime a dozen..." (Shop Around - Miracles, 1960)
Meaning anything that is very cheap and plentiful. The phrase originated after the intruduction of the dime in 1796. By the 1800's some foods were plentiful, such as eggs, oranges and peaches and were often sold at the price of a 'dime a dozen'. The phrase passed into common usage for anything that was plentiful, whether it was for food or anything else
A Dime a Dozen was created on 1959-12-23.
Leaders like her are a dime a dozen.
From money. A dime is 10 US cents. If something is worth one dime for one dozen, then it is not very expensive at all.
no its legal
used on boats
A dime a dozen
anything that is very rare
Hawaiian Eye - 1959 A Dime a Dozen 1-12 was released on: USA: 23 December 1959
Likely because he was the 34th president, and the coins are not silver.
In the phrase "a dozen of candies," the word dozenis a noun. The word of is a preposition. The word candies is a noun.