family jewels
Example Sentences
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“This is like selling the family jewels — like giving them away, really,” said John McCourt, the president of the International James Joyce Foundation, who led the campaign to preserve the house.
From New York Times
However, some viewed the privatizations as akin to giving away the family jewels for almost nothing in return.
From Washington Times
He won his first match on a technicality after getting slugged in the non-royal family jewels three times.
From Fox News
In Paris on holiday, a half-dozen Pleydells are drugged, and family jewels are stolen.
From Washington Post
Her luck at the track ran out just as her health began to deteriorate; in a tawdry turn, she secretly dispatched her lover to pawn her husband’s family jewels — twice.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
