| 词汇 | be ten a penny |
| 释义 | be ten a pennybe ten a penny 1 British EnglishBrECHEAP to be very common and easy to get, or cheap – used to show disapproval 廉价而易得；不值钱〔含贬义〕 Rings like these are ten a penny. 这样的戒指根本不值钱。 Examples from the Corpus be two/ten a penny• Uncritical testimonials to the postmodern's attractions are ten a penny, and conservative denunciations thereof not much scarcer.• Dallams were ten a penny in the backstreets of Frizingley.• Teachers of history are ten a penny, and out-of-work teachers of history are twenty a penny.• There, residential and nursing homes are two a penny.• These rings are ten a penny.• Now they are two a penny - or rather they were until 1990.• Moreover, although titles were two a penny in Cannes, Lord Westbourne was different.• Anyway, they would fall in love with these Counts who were ten a penny and even pay for their drinks. → be two/ten a penny at penny(8) 2 British EnglishBrE informal to be very common and therefore not special or unusual 很普通，很平常，不稀罕 → be a dime a dozen at dime(2) → be ten a penny at ten(2) |
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