英语词汇“for a song”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. for a song: for a mere trifle, for little or nothing.

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society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > low price or rate > [adverb] > at very low price

for a song1596

at a pin's fee1603

1596 E. Topsell Reward of Relig. xii. 232 By the neglect of this pointe it commeth to passe, that great lyuinges are done away for a songe, as the prouerbe is.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iii. ii. 9 I know a man that had this tricke of melancholy hold a goodly Mannor for a song .

a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) ii. xxvi. 25 To have so little esteem of the outward means of salvation, as to part with them for a song as we say.

1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 270 He retrenches the number of his Servants or their Wages, and would have them serve as they say, for a Song.

1751 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 395 The whole-length Vandykes went for a song!

1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi i. App. 10 You will perceive that we have obtained about 100000 acres for a song.

1890 A. Jessopp Trials Country Parson iv. 173 A brief report was published, and may be purchased now for a song.

1913 Sat. Evening Post 4 Jan. 46/2 I furnished my house for a song.

1964 Kiplinger's Personal Finance Aug. 37/2 The day is fast disappearing when you can pick up this kind of property for a song.

2004 News-Courier (Athens, Alabama) 19 Aug. 4 a/4 In past years, I've bought, for a song, a wicker love seat, a telescope, a leather train case and a souvenir Paris powder compact.

单词	for a song
释义	> as lemmas for a song a. for a song: for a mere trifle, for little or nothing. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > low price or rate > [adverb] > at very low price for a song1596 at a pin's fee1603 1596 E. Topsell Reward of Relig. xii. 232 By the neglect of this pointe it commeth to passe, that great lyuinges are done away for a songe, as the prouerbe is. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iii. ii. 9 I know a man that had this tricke of melancholy hold a goodly Mannor for a song . View more context for this quotation a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) ii. xxvi. 25 To have so little esteem of the outward means of salvation, as to part with them for a song as we say. 1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 270 He retrenches the number of his Servants or their Wages, and would have them serve as they say, for a Song. 1751 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 395 The whole-length Vandykes went for a song! 1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi i. App. 10 You will perceive that we have obtained about 100000 acres for a song. 1890 A. Jessopp Trials Country Parson iv. 173 A brief report was published, and may be purchased now for a song. 1913 Sat. Evening Post 4 Jan. 46/2 I furnished my house for a song. 1964 Kiplinger's Personal Finance Aug. 37/2 The day is fast disappearing when you can pick up this kind of property for a song. 2004 News-Courier (Athens, Alabama) 19 Aug. 4 a/4 In past years, I've bought, for a song, a wicker love seat, a telescope, a leather train case and a souvenir Paris powder compact. extracted from songn.¹ < as lemmas
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