| 词汇 | cheap as a sardinian |
| 词源 | cheap as a Sardinian. Many groups of people have been un- fairly characterized as cheap, but the Sardinians do not carry this stigma. The phrase cheap as a Sardinian refers not to penny-pinching Sardinians but to the fact that the Romans un- der Tiberius Gracchus auctioned off great numbers of Sardinian prisoners in Rome for whatever price they could get, no matter how cheap. |
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