don't take any wooden nickels

Английский Язык - Английский Язык

Определение don't take any wooden nickels в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

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.

Расстановка переносов

don't take a·ny Wood·en nickels

Турецкое произношение

dōnt teyk eni wûdın nîkılz

Произношение

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

Этимология

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