单词 | dirt-cheap |
释义 | dirt-cheap[ durt-cheep ] / ˈdɜrtˈtʃip / SEE SYNONYMS FOR dirt-cheap ON THESAURUS.COM adjectivevery inexpensive: The house may need a lot of work, but it was dirt-cheap. adverbcheaply: They got it dirt-cheap. Origin of dirt-cheapFirst recorded in 1815–25 Words nearby dirt-cheapDirofilaria, dir. prop., dirt, dirt bag, dirt bike, dirt-cheap, dirt dauber, dirt-eating, dirt farm, dirt farmer, dirt poor Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dirt-cheapBritish Dictionary definitions for dirt-cheapdirt-cheap adjective, adverbinformal at an extremely low price Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with dirt-cheapdirt cheap Very inexpensive, as in Their house was a real bargain, dirt cheap. Although the idea dates back to ancient times, the precise expression, literally meaning “as cheap as dirt,” replaced the now obsolete dog cheap. [Early 1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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