第一， 迷你对话

A: Did the fashionable dress cost much?

这时装花了不少钱吧？

B: No. I paid next to nothing for it. I bought it at the flea market.

没有，几乎不花钱。我在跳蚤市场买的。

A: Quiet reasonable.

蛮划算。

第二， 地道表达

next to nothing

1. 解词释义

Next to nothing的意思是“很少”“几乎不，几乎没有”。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. I knew next to nothing; how could I peddle myself like some middle aged woman?

我知道什么呢，叫我像个半老的妇人那样去挣钱？

e.g. I know next to nothing about English.

我对英语几乎什么也不懂。

e.g. She ate next to nothing at dinner.

晚饭时她几乎什么也没吃。

e.g. But of the inner Tynan he knew next to nothing.

但是他对泰纳恩的内心世界几乎一无所知。