(informal) very little money, peanuts, chicken feed

(impersonal, figuratively) for there to be something fishy and suspicious going on, for there to be something in the wind, in the offing

to beat to the punch, cut the ground from under someone's feet [+ à (someone)]

plural of propre comme un sou neuf

to pass under the yoke

(transitive) to eat something / (transitive, figuratively) to get one's teeth into something

(of a car) to have plenty of power under the bonnet; to be a beast / (figuratively) to have plenty of energy in store, to be very energetic

(figuratively) to close down (of a business), to close up shop

Alternative form of mettre la clé sous la porte

to put one's best foot forward, to show oneself in one's best light