# go for a song

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/go-for-a-song
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To be sold at a very low price.

## Examples

- That old bike went for a song at the market.
- The house needed work, so it went for a song compared to others in the area.
- 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.

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