fifty-cent tour

English

Alternative forms

Noun

fifty-cent tour (plural fifty-cent tours)

  1. A quick, cursory, introductory tour.
    • 2001, John Fiduccia, Paranoid, →ISBN, page 291:
      Spider then gave me the fifty-cent tour of the facility, showing me all the various departments and telling me their functions.
    • 2009, Ronald Long, The Demise of a Texas King, →ISBN:
      Investigator Bays quickly gave his young rookie the fifty-cent tour of downtown.
    • 2010, Cynthia Baxter, Summer House, →ISBN:
      “Well,” she said boldly, “if you're looking for ways to keep out of the house, I'd be happy to take you on the fifty-cent tour of the island sometime.”

Usage notes

The mention of a price in this idiomatic expression indicates that the tour is not meant to be elaborate or extensive. There is no implication that any money should change hands.

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