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• New York minute.
If something happens in a New York minute, it happens very fast.
• Nickel tour.
If someone gives you a nickel tour, they show you around a place. (‘Fifty-cent tour’ is also used.)
• Not have two nickels to rub together.
If a person doesn’t have two nickles to rub together, they are very poor.
• Not know beans about.
If someone doesn’t know beans about something, they know nothing about it.
• Not worth a red cent.
If something is not worth a red cent, it has no value.
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