[on sale] {adj. phr.} Selling for a special low price. * /Tomato soup that is usually sold for sixty cents a can is now on sale for fifty cents./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

two cents

[two cents] {n.} {informal} 1. Something not important or very small; almost nothing. * /Paul was so angry that he said for two cents he would quit the team./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

go to the dogs

[go to the dogs] {v. phr.}, {informal} To go to ruin; to be ruined or destroyed. * /The man went to the dogs after he started drinking./ * /After the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

soda jerk

[soda jerk] or [soda jerker] {n.}, {informal} A person who serves soda and ice cream to customers, usually in a drug store or ice cream parlor. * /Bob worked as […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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(1858-1932) Revenge is often like biting the dog because the dog bit you.