worth a king's ransom
Example Sentences
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The hoard of almost 500 pieces was a 17th-century goldsmith's stock – worth a king's ransom then and priceless now.
From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2013
Everyone had been busy burning and burying a creature worth a king’s ransom.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
"It's worth a king's ransom, this bottle. It cost me two large blue-white diamonds, a mechanical bluebird which sang, and a dragon's scale."
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
The full page illuminations, with the exquisite colors, heightened with gold, were worth a king's ransom, or a queen's reputation.
From The Unpublishable Memoirs by Rosenbach, A. S. W.
"And isn't it enough?" answered she, proudly; "they said at the funeral that it was worth a king's ransom."
From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Lever, Charles James
