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“A dime a dozen” first appeared in 1796. Counting for inflation, that’s about $100 today
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"i'd buy that for $2.71" doesn't have the same ring as "I'd buy that for a dollar". >

well, I mean we used to say "Penny For Your Thoughts"  then we started offering our "Two Cents worth"  
Not sure if that's inflation but it seems to me, one's opinion has more worth if it is unsolicited. >

We value our opinions more than other people value them. >

I sell bulk chemicals.  Think tanker trucks.  When exaggerating about how much a large customer buys I might say "They buy a tonne of Acetone!", when really 1000kgs (2200lbs for my southern neighbours) of Acetone wouldn't be that much.  In order for me to use that expression, I'd guess they would have to be buying 1,000,000kgs or so which means my "exaggeration" is actually gross under-exaggeration. >

Some of what the late Victor Borge introduced, adding 1 to every occurrence of a number or what sounds like a number:
Twoderful for wonderful 
Lieuelevenant for lieutenant 
Twice upon a time for once upon a time
Befive for before
Elevenderly for tenderly
I nined an elevenderloin with my fivek for I ate a tenderloin with my fork.
and many many more. >

Great strategy for teaching coded language and the fact that it's just that easy though typically has better hidden rules >

A very long time go, there was a quiz show that had (as a final Jeopardy sort of thing) “And now, for the $64,000 question!”
So people used to say, when someone asked a really tough question:  well, that’s the $64,000 question, isn’t it?
That’s not particularly a lot of money anymore, so it’s a victim of inflation.
But really, I have to laugh at the BareNaked Ladies song, If I Had a Million Dollars, because at the end he says….I’d be rich.  Um, no. Not today.  Poor Ed.