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Mess of pottage

noun
1.
Anything of trivial value.





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"Mess of pottage" Quotes from Famous Books



... to sell our birthright for so poor a mess of pottage as this petty jealousy offers. A teachable spirit in matters of which we are ignorant, is usually as profitable and respectable as abundant self-conceit, and rendering to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, quite as honest as to pocket the coin as our own, notwithstanding ...
— Farm drainage • Henry Flagg French
... plain-speaking? Ah, where are they found? As scarce in these days as is genuine freedom! They all prate of Honour, yet Honour all round They'll sell for the first mess of pottage from Edom. Well, Madame, Punch wishes you luck with your lantern, And up, soon or late, may a true ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 22, 1890 • Various


Words linked to "Mess of pottage" :   economic value, value


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