grocery shrink ray

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The practice, among manufacturers, of gradually reducing the physical size of grocery items so as to increase profits. colloquial,figuratively
    — They applied the good old grocery shrink ray and yet they also raised the price as well!

词源

Suggesting a science fiction device to reduce the size of objects.
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