for a song ただ同然で、二束三文で、
1:07 got one of these for a song, but that song was about $5,000. こいつは安値で手に入れたのさ、その安値は5000ドルだったけど。
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1:34 this was actually my grandfather's watch. and he'd hawked it to get enough dough together to start a little pharmacy and he got busted for filling scripts at that pharmacy for people who were, who were forging their doctor's signature. so I mean, really, is a lot of shame on this wach, but I got it for a song. こいつはお爺ちゃんの時計で、小さな薬局を始めるために売ったのさ。でも、偽の処方箋を持ってくる奴らと商売をして警察に捕まったのさ。この時計は恥ずかしい代物だけど、ただ同然で手に入れたんだ。
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2:37 the trump Taj Mahal, which he got for a song after the original owner couldn't complete construction. トランプ・タージマハルは元のオーナーが資金不足で完成できなかったもので、それをトランプがただ同然で手に入れたものだ。
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3:41 once the mortgage has been acquired, the business in question suffers unexpected misfortune and folds. and Blake picks up the property for a song. ところが、ブレイクに狙われた物件は銀行のローンが通ってしまうと、不幸なことが起きて、つぶれてしまう。、、、そしてブレイクがその物件を二束三文で手に入れるか、、、
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参考リンク
http://bridge-english.blogspot.com/2012/07/blog-post_02.html 二束三文を英語でなんと言うか？
http://bridge-english.blogspot.com/2016/11/on-cheap.html on the cheap 安く買う、安く上げる
http://bridge-english.blogspot.com/2015/12/next-to-nothing.html next to nothing
練習問題解答
a-9637 bought for a song
b-3670 bought it for a song maybe two songs
b-5298 for a song
