"FOR A SONG"
If you buy or sell something for a song, you buy or sell it at a very cheap price.
Example: When I was in Vietnam I bought some beautiful lacquerware for a song. I still can't believe how cheap it was.
Barato.
Example sentences:
- I thought I was getting the gems for a song, but I was actually paying too much / Pensé que estaba adquiriendo las gemas baratas, pero realmente estaba pagando demasiado.
- I bought the antique tray for a song / Compré la bandeja antigua bien barata.
Additional examples:
- James had a really valuable record by an old American band called The Cramps, but he sold it for a song at a garage sale. He didn't know how much it was worth.
- I could buy this house for a song, because it's so ugly.
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