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
"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
Everyone had been busy burning and burying a creature worth a king’s ransom.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
The veil should sweep to the edge of the train and may be simply a cloud of sheerest tulle or filmy lace worth a king's ransom.
From Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society by Cooke, Maud C.
He dowered the language of his day with every tint of dawn and every convulsion of sunset; he invented metaphors that were worth a king's ransom, and figures of speech that deserve the Prix Montyon.
From The Merry-Go-Round by Van Vechten, Carl
