| 单词 | robin hood bargain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRobin Hood bargain Robin Hood bargain n. now rare something bought for much less than its real value; cf. Robin Hood's pennyworth n. at Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > a purchase > a bargain good cheapc1375 great cheapc1375 Robin Hood bargain1709 rug1746 bargain1766 best buy1879 snip1926 steal1942 bargoon1964 sacrifice1976 1709 Brit. Apollo 12–14 Oct. When..a Purchace you reap, That is wondrous Cheap, They Robin-Hood Bargains are call'd. 1869 A. Radcliffe Jottings from Diary vii. 103 The men..do not like to give up the cheap Robin Hood bargains they have got on the fair estates of Darwentwater. 1996 H. E. L. Prins in R. S. Grumet Northeastern Indian Lives v. 106 Given the buyer's deal, not unusual among seventeenth- century ‘Indian deeds’ in coastal Maine, this surely qualifies as a typical ‘Robin-Hood bargain’. < as lemmas |
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