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That's peanuts

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That's peanuts

不说门票这种小收入,光广告就能弄个满天飞

Forget about money from the sale of admission tickets; that's peanuts. The big money will come from advertising. 不理解,请教点评!

 

 

My comments:

 

In colloquialism, peanut is sometimes used to describe someone who is small in size. At 5.5 pounds, for example, the baby is a peanut, so small and cute.

 

In terms of money, Peanuts, plural, represent small, insignificant sums. One hundred yuan used to be a lot of money, for instance – enough to last a family of four a month in the early 1980s. That’s peanuts today. Today, one hundred yuan is not enough to pay for a meal for a family of four at an average restaurant.

 

 

 
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