| 词汇 | cost a king's ransom |
| 释义 | (redirected from cost a king's ransom)king's ransomA very large sum of money. I've always wanted to vacation in Hawaii, but the plane tickets cost a king's ransom. *king's ransomFig. a great deal of money. (To pay an amount as large as one might have to pay to get back a king held for ransom. *Typically: cost ~; pay ~; spend~.) I would like to buy a nice watch, but I don't want to pay a king's ransom for it. It's a lovely house. I bet it cost a king's ransom. king's ransomA huge sum of money, as in That handmade rug must have cost a king's ransom. This metaphoric expression originally referred to the sum required to release a king from captivity. [Late 1400s] a king's ransommainly BRITISHA king's ransom is an extremely large sum of money. She was paid a king's ransom for a five-minute appearance in the film. With so few skilled electricians available, these people can charge a king's ransom for their services. a king's ransoma huge amount of money; a fortune.In feudal times prisoners of war were freed for sums in keeping with their rank, so a king, as the highest-ranking individual, commanded the greatest ransom. a ˌking’s ˈransom(literary) a very large amount of money: We don’t exactly get paid a king’s ransom in this job.In the past, if a king was captured in a war, his country would pay a ransom for his release. |
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