"if I had a nickel for every time" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} if I had a nickel for every time
  1. Implies that the situation has happened frequently to the speaker. Related terms: if I had an X for every Y Translations (Translations): Als ik een stuiver kreeg voor iedere keer (Dutch), se eu ganhasse um real pra cada vez (Portuguese), если бы мне давали рубль каждый раз (jesli by mne davali rublʹ každyj raz) (Russian)
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