单词 | sell something for a mess of pottage |
释义 | sell something for a mess of pottageSell something for a ridiculously small amount: this is the generation which sold for a mess of pottage the finest British companies...
With biblical allusion to the story of Esau, who sold his birthright (Gen. 25:31) See parent entry: pottage |
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