Subject：I bought this house for a song.

迷你对话

A: Wow, your house is so big and beautiful. You’ve got a garden and a pool.

哇，你的房子真大真漂亮，还有花园和水池。

B: I bought this house for a song.

我是以很便宜的价格买的。

地道表达

for a song

1. 解词释义

For a song的意思是“以（近乎白送）很便宜的价格”。这个短语来自街头卖唱的艺人，他们做的是无本买卖，以唱歌来换取生活所需。如果唱一支歌就能得到报酬，那生活就很轻松自在了。所以人们就用for a song来比喻“做某事很划算，很轻而易举的”。此外，go for a song还指“跳楼价大甩卖”。

2. 例句拓展

e.g. No one else wanted it, so I picked it up for a song.

没有其他人想买它，所以我异很便宜的价格买到了。

e.g. I could buy this house for a song, because it's so ugly.

我以很便宜的价格买了这个房子，因为他不好看。

e.g. This is one of my favourite pieces of furniture and I got it for a song in a market.

这是我最喜欢的家具之一，我在市场上以很便宜的价格买到它。

e.g. Property prices have come right down - houses are going for a song (= being sold very cheaply) at the moment.

房产价格已经下铁，眼下是跳楼价格。