worth a king's ransom
Example Sentences
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The hoard of almost 500 pieces was a 17th-century goldsmith's stock – worth a king's ransom then and priceless now.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 4, 2013
Everyone had been busy burning and burying a creature worth a king’s ransom.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
"It's worth a king's ransom, this bottle. It cost me two large blue-white diamonds, a mechanical bluebird which sang, and a dragon's scale."
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
Where in low rooms, set out in glass cases, as in a cheap draper's shop, were the famous pearl-embroidered carpets and gorgeous jewels of the State, worth a king's ransom.
From Life in an Indian Outpost by Gordon Casserly
He watched the dancers, greedily catching the flash of their diamonds, gleaming tiaras, rings, necklaces, bracelets, each worth a king's ransom.
From The Root of Evil by Thomas Dixon
