don't take any wooden nickels

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von don't take any wooden nickels im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

Do not permit yourself be cheated or duped; do not be naive

H. T. Webster's comic strip, The Timid Soul, in the Oakland Tribune of September 10, 1950 used the tendency to repeat worn phrases as the subject for the hero's good intentions. The following are recorded: . . . Don't take any wooden nickels.

Silbentrennung

don't take a·ny Wood·en nickels

Türkische aussprache

dōnt teyk eni wûdın nîkılz

Aussprache

/ˈdōnt ˈtāk ˈenē ˈwo͝odən ˈnəkəlz/ /ˈdoʊnt ˈteɪk ˈɛniː ˈwʊdən ˈnɪkəlz/

Etymologie

() circa 1930s. Depression-era expression relating to privately minted wooden tokens which resembled coins but were used as commemoratives or promotional items.