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dinky

tiny, small Thatsa dinky gift! Is that all I get? Comically small; almost insignificant. 1) Your house looks dinky next to that mansion, Wilson. 2) One dinky screwdriver is the best you can come up with for a birthday present?

makeshift

n. A temporary or expedient substitute for something else. adj. Suitable as a temporary or expedient substitute:  used a rock as a makeshift hammer. Synonyms:  makeshift, expedient, resort, stopgap These nouns denote something used as a substitute when other means fail or are not available:  lacked a cane but used a stick as a makeshift; exhausted every expedient before filing suit; will use force only as a last resort; a crate serving as a stopgap for a chair.

Telltale

Def: revealing something not intended to be known His eye was blinking, a telltale signal that he was lying. He blushed when he approached, a telltale sign that he was happy to see him.

jump the shark

a term to describe a moment when somethin that was once great has reached a point where it will now decline in quality and popularity. Origin of this phrase comes from a Happy Days episode where the Fonz jumped a shark on waterskis. Thus was labeled the lowest point of the show. e.g.  The Brady Bunch jumped the shark the day Cousin Oliver joined the cast.