Nickel-and-dime

Don't let him nickel-and-dime you.

The business people began to nickel-and-dime him, no water cooler in the production office, that sort of thing.

Advocates for the poor have long resisted various cities’ efforts to crack down on bags — whether by charging fees or banning them — as a regressive tax on shoppers who can’t afford to be nickel-and-dimed every time they get groceries.