on someone's dimeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

前置詞句

on someone's dime

1. (idiomatic) At the monetary expense of the person indicated.
   • 1995 December 22, Adam Green, "If Holden Caulfield Spent a Weekend in Today's Manhattan," New York Times (retrieved 3 June 2019):

     They challenged my knowledge of the book, suggested that my article would inevitably be lousy and concluded that J. D. Salinger would be disgusted by what I was doing—all the while drinking on my dime.

   • 2001 September 23, John Cloud, "The Plot Comes Into Focus," Time (retrieved 3 June 2019):

     Their simple lives contrast sharply with the multimillion-dollar rumors surrounding Osama bin Laden. […] [T]hey weren't living large on his dime.

   • 2011 December 19, Sebastian Doggart, "Green Card, Golden Ticket," Telegraph (UK) (retrieved 3 June 2019):

     But if you’re a Haitian, Mexican, or Brit and you step on American soil and are then detained by US officials, without a visa, you’ll be on the next boat back home—and on your dime too.

参考

• out of one's own pocket