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king's ransom
king's ransom
A very large sum of money. I've always wanted to vacation in Hawaii, but the plane tickets cost a king's ransom.
*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.
king's ransom
A huge sum of money, as in That handmade rug must have cost a king's ransom. This metaphoric expression originally referred to the sum required to release a king from captivity. [Late 1400s]
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Prudence | | PROO-dənts (English) | English, French |
&Aelig;Thelred | | - | Anglo-Saxon |
Tercero | | ter-THE-ro (Spanish), ter-SE-ro (Latin American Spanish) | Spanish |
Ashlyn | | ASH-lin | English (Modern) |
Niek | | NEEK | Dutch |
Sophos | | - | Ancient Greek |