单词 | to sell one's story |
释义 | > as lemmasto sell one's story P8. to sell one's story: to reveal details of a particular episode in one's life (or one's version of it) to a newspaper, magazine, etc., in return for payment. ΚΠ 1898 Hawaiian Gaz. 4 Nov. 4/2 Why..does this man go to London and sell his story to a magazine, for a small sum, when, if it was true, the wide awake Australian would have ‘syndicated’ him to his heart's content? 1909 Lit. Digest 18 Dec. 1120/1 The explorer, according to their story, agreed to pay them $4,000 for their work, but disappeared after paying them only $260, so they sold their story to The Times. 1912 Times 26 Apr. 9/6 He also admitted that he had authorised Cottam, the wireless operator on board the Carpathia, to sell his story. 1964 Times 29 Sept. 6/4 [He] got in touch with Mr Gabbert from The People and said he was prepared to sell his story. 1983 N.Y. Times 20 Mar. 36/3 The astronauts sold their story for $500,000 to Life magazine. 2004 J. Burchill Sugar Rush (2005) 29 If I see him again, I'm going to lie about my age, pull him and sell my story to the papers. < as lemmas |
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