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that and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee

that and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee phrase: a comment used to imply that either previously stated information, an ability, or an item, are of no value.

Phrase

that and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee

  1. (US) A comment used to imply that either previously stated information, an ability, or an item, are of no value.
    • So you can name all the Chinese provinces? That and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee.

Synonyms of that and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee

Origin of that and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee

Implying that a dollar is the cost for the coffee, leaving the other item worthless.

Questions about that and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee

What does that and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee mean?
That and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee means a comment used to imply that either previously stated information, an ability, or an item, are of no value.
What part of speech is that and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee?
That and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee is a phrase.

Words near that and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee in the dictionary

  1. Thassos
  2. that
  3. that accounts for the milk in the coconut
  4. that ain't hay
  5. that ain't it
  6. that and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee
  7. that and a nickel will buy you a cup of coffee
  8. that and a nickel will get you on the subway
  9. that and a token will get you on the subway
  10. that and twenty-five cents will get you a cup of coffee
  11. that being said

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