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
Grandmothers used the clumsy furniture, and it is almost worth a king's ransom, it has so many legends woven around it.
From A Little Girl in Old Quebec by Douglas, Amanda Minnie
She wore a superb dress of green velvet, with a suit of diamonds worth a king's ransom.
From A Mad Love by Brame, Charlotte M.
