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Idiom idiom

go for a song


To be sold at a very low price.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.


SIMPLE

That old bike went for a song at the market.

CONTEXTUAL

The house needed work, so it went for a song compared to others in the area.

COMPLEX

At the estate sale, the antique mirror — slightly cracked, its silver fading — went for a song, and she carried it home wondering what stories it held.


Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    all dressed up and nowhere to go

    Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.

  2. 02

    all systems go

    Everything is ready.

  3. 03

    as you go

    While one is doing (something); as one progresses.

  4. 04

    boldly go where no man has gone before

    To break new ground.

  5. 05

    come and go

    To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.

  6. 06

    don't go there

    Do not broach that topic.

  7. 07

    easy come, easy go

    Easily won and easily lost (usually said when resigned to a loss; something that comes in the same way, goes in the same way)

  8. 08

    enough to go around

    There is an adequate amount or supply of something for all of the people present or involved.

Last updated August 10, 2026