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单词 mess of pottage
释义
mess of pottage
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n

WORD FAMILY
mess of pottage: messes of pottage
USAGE EXAMPLES
For the sake of partisanship — for a mess of pottage — some conservatives are surrendering their identity.
Washington Post(May 16, 2016)
The tarnished mirror reflects instead just a constitutional mess of pottage.
BBC(Oct 29, 2015)
Democrats showed in 2013 their willingness to trash Senate procedure for a mess of pottage — three judges on one court.
Washington Post(Feb 19, 2015)
n anything of trivial value
Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for a mess of pottage
Hyper
economic value, value
the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
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