- sell something for a mess of pottage
- sell something for a ridiculously small amountOrigin:with biblical allusion to the story of Esau, who sold his birthright for some bread and pottage of lentils (Gen. 25:31)
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sell something for a mess of pottage
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sell your birthright for a mess of pottage — If a person sells their birthright for a mess of pottage, they accept some trivial financial or other gain, but lose something much more important. Sell your soul for a mess of pottage is an alternative form … The small dictionary of idiomes
sell your birthright for a mess of pottage — If a person sells their birthright for a mess of pottage, they accept some trivial financial or other gain, but lose something much more important. Sell your soul for a mess of pottage is an alternative form. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Sell your birthright for a mess of pottage — If a person sells their birthright for a mess of pottage, they accept some trivial financial or other gain, but lose something much more important. Sell your soul for a mess of pottage is an alternative form … Dictionary of English idioms
sell one's birthright for a mess of pottage — verb To make an unfavorable exchange, especially of something of great, but deferred value for something of very low, but immediate value … Wiktionary
Mess of pottage — The phrase mess of pottage means something of little value, with a pottage being a type of soup. Though it can appear in general use, it is usually associated with the exchange by Esau of his birthright for a meal of lentil stew, as described in… … Wikipedia
mess of pottage — noun Something of trivial value, especially of immediate value. See Also: sell ones birthright for a mess of pottage … Wiktionary
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