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king's ransom |
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*king's ransom Fig. 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. See also: ransom How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Even relatively low-end condos in New York City are worth a king's ransom and are worth insuring properly. But only that sort of will and imagination -- and not the king's ransom that Baca demands -- is the best prescription for L. This novice lost a king's ransom of the little white beggars amidst a sea of brush off the fairways. |
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