Translations for „king's ransom“ in the English » German Dictionary

king's ˈran·som N

king's ransom

Vermögen nt

king's ransom

Stange f Geld inf

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a king's ransom

ein Vermögen

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He works harder than anyone else, runs further than anyone else, and epitomises all the values in the game that normally cost a king's ransom.

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The award might not be a king's ransom by the standards of one of the nation's most successful restaurant chains.

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Of course, it's unreasonable to expect a player to acclimatise instantly just because it cost a king's ransom to secure him.

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But he could have commanded a king's ransom, and he didn't.

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Amongst the complicated items of the treaty was a clause that determined the surrender of 40 high-born hostages as guarantee for the payment of the king's ransom.

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I don't buy clothes in the hope of either myself or future generations flogging them for a king's ransom.

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They applied the non-exclusive franchise tag hoping a team would take them off the hook by paying a king's ransom of two first round picks.

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That week, they were bottling up the 1969 vintage, and -- if you've a king's ransom to spare -- you can still get a bottle of 1792.

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Eventually, there was no-one left who was willing to pay a king's ransom for a piece of plastic with no intrinsic value.

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However, everyone began to warm up to him when he helped count the golden eggs for the king's ransom.

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