English / idiom
Buy Something for a Song
MEANING IN ENGLISH
To acquire or purchase something at a remarkably low or cheap price
In context
01
Aunt Sarah bought a sturdy mahogany dining table for a song at a neighborhood estate sale.
02
They furnished their first family apartment comfortably by buying quality secondhand furniture for a song.
Synonyms
buy dirt cheap,get at a bargain,purchase for peanuts
Antonyms
pay through the nose,overpay,buy at top price
Collocations
bought it for a song,pick up for a song,buy furniture for a song