to take sturgeons with pilchards: to get large returns from a small outlay. Obsolete. rare.
单词 | θ221000 |
释义 | society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (intransitive)] > make profit > from small outlay (1) to take sturgeons with pilchards1656 to take sturgeons with pilchards: to get large returns from a small outlay. Obsolete. rare. |
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