dirt cheap

dirt cheap
dirt cheap
extremely cheap. •

Buy some more of those plums. They're dirt cheap.

In Italy, the peaches are dirt cheap.

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{adj.} Extremely inexpensive. * /The apartment we are renting is dirt cheap compared to other apartments of similar size in this neighborhood./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • dirt cheap — {adj.} Extremely inexpensive. * /The apartment we are renting is dirt cheap compared to other apartments of similar size in this neighborhood./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

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  • dirt-cheap — ADJ (emphasis) If you say that something is dirt cheap, you are emphasizing that it is very cheap indeed. [INFORMAL] They re always selling off stuff like that dirt cheap... He got me a bass dirt cheap …   English dictionary

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