迷你對話學地道口語第573期:以便宜的價格
Subject：I bought this house for a song.
迷你對話
A: Wow, your house is so big and beautiful. You’ve got a garden and a pool.
哇，你的房子真大真漂亮，還有花園和水池。
B: I bought this house for a song.
我是以很便宜的價格買的。
地道表達
for a song
1. 解詞釋義
For a song的意思是“以（近乎白送）很便宜的價格”。這個短語來自街頭賣唱的藝人，他們做的是無本買賣，以唱歌來換取生活所需。如果唱一支歌就能得到報酬，那生活就很輕鬆自在了。所以人們就用for a song來比喻“做某事很划算，很輕而易舉的”。此外，go for a song還指“跳樓價大甩賣”。
2. 例句拓展
e.g. No one else wanted it, so I picked it up for a song.
沒有其他人想買它，所以我異很便宜的價格買到了。
e.g. I could buy this house for a song, because it's so ugly.
我以很便宜的價格買了這個房子，因爲他不好看。
e.g. This is one of my favourite pieces of furniture and I got it for a song in a market.
這是我最喜歡的傢俱之一，我在市場上以很便宜的價格買到它。
e.g. Property prices have come right down - houses are going for a song (= being sold very cheaply) at the moment.
房產價格已經下鐵，眼下是跳樓價格。
