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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KBBPLL, post: 26489782, member: 104064&quot;]You&#039;re mixing up your idioms. &quot;At the drop of a hat&quot; means you&#039;re willing to do something without hesitation, immediately without a second thought, etc. Originating in the early 19th century with signaling the start of a race or fight by literally dropping a hat, here <a href="https://grammarist.com/idiom/at-the-drop-of-a-hat/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://grammarist.com/idiom/at-the-drop-of-a-hat/" rel="nofollow">https://grammarist.com/idiom/at-the-drop-of-a-hat/</a>. &quot;Turn on a dime&quot; means to abruptly change directions, originating with vehicles and maneuverability, <a href="https://www.myenglishpages.com/idiom/turn-on-a-dime-meaning-and-examples/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.myenglishpages.com/idiom/turn-on-a-dime-meaning-and-examples/" rel="nofollow">https://www.myenglishpages.com/idiom/turn-on-a-dime-meaning-and-examples/</a>. To &quot;drop a dime (on)&quot; as mentioned means to rat somebody out. Changing &quot;at the drop of a dime&quot; has never been an expression that I&#039;ve heard, and I have no idea why it would be used in football! I guess people start mixing up the idioms and then that becomes a new idiom, or something. </p><p><br /></p><p>I remember the different sized slots and how easy it was to use slugs instead, because all you needed was something round that fit in the slot. But as kids wanting to call mom and tell her we were ready to get picked up, it was simpler to make a collect call, and when the operator got mom on the phone to ask if she&#039;d accept the call, just quickly talk over the operator and say &quot;mom pick us up!&quot; and hang up. (I&#039;m pretty sure operators got sick of this strategy)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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