| 释义 |
dirt cheap
Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | dirt cheap - very cheap; "a dirt cheap property"cheap, inexpensive - relatively low in price or charging low prices; "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants" |
Translationsschweinebilligspottbilligda due soldidirt cheap
dirt cheapVery inexpensive These shoes were dirt cheap—I found them on the clearance rack.See also: cheap, dirtdirt cheapextremely cheap. Buy some more of those plums. They're dirt cheap, In Italy, the peaches are dirt cheap.See also: cheap, dirtdirt cheapVery 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] See also: cheap, dirtdirt cheap mod. very cheap. Get one of these while they’re dirt cheap. See also: cheap, dirtdirt cheapVery inexpensive. The idea of something being as cheap as dirt dates back at least to Roman times. Petronius’s Satyricon (a.d. 60) says, “In those days food could be had for dirt” (Illo tempore annoma pro luto erat). It may already have been a cliché by the time Dickens used it in Oliver Twist (1838): “I sold myself . . . cheap, dirt cheap!”See also: cheap, dirtFinancialSeedb/dcdirt cheap
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