mess of pottage: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    globalUSUKliteraryfigurative
    • A small immediate gain or pleasure obtained at the cost of something far more valuable or lasting; a worthless or paltry reward in exchange for surrendering an important right or inheritance.
    • An object, advantage, or benefit of little worth for which one has unwisely or dishonorably given up something significant.

    Examples

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    • He sold his inheritance for a mess of pottage, regretting the decision later.

      He sold his inheritance for a mess of pottage, regretting the decision later.

    • Don't be tempted by a mess of pottage when it means giving up your principles.

      Don't be tempted by a mess of pottage when it means giving up your principles.

    • The politician traded his votes for a mess of pottage, losing public trust as a result.

      The politician traded his votes for a mess of pottage, losing public trust as a result.

Examples:

  • EN: They're selling our proletarian honor for a mess of pottage!
    ES: Están vendiendo nuestro honor proletario por un plato de lentejas.
  • EN: for what mess of pottage has Georges practically sold you his birthright?
    ES: ¿por qué plato de lentejas Georges, le ha vendido su derecho de primogenitura?
  • EN: there was no mess of pottage.
    ES: no había lentejas.
  • EN: Doesn't want to sell one's birthright for a mess of pottage, does one?
    ES: Uno no quiere venderse por un plato de sopa, ¿verdad?
  • EN: Sold for a mess of pottage.
    ES: Vendido por un plato de lentejas.
  • EN: He said, "You've sold your soul for a mess of pottage."
    ES: Dijo: "vendiste tu alma por un plato de potaje."
  • EN: Here is an individual so low that he will bargain away his youth, the brave, young manhood, for a mess of pottage and 30 pieces of silver and the feeble, impotent embrace of this crumbled, pathetic ruin of a once great lady'. - What's that?
    ES: Eh, ahí un hombre tan indigno, que está dispuesto a cambiar su juventud, su valiosa juventud, por un plato de lentejas, por 30 monedas de plata, por el débil abrazo de esta triste y patética ruina, de lo que una vez fue hermosa mujer.
  • EN: sell (one's) birthright for a mess of pottage
    HI: ख़्वाब हक़ीक़त में कोई ऐसा सजा दो ,
  • EN: Makes me think of birthright and a mess of pottage.
    HI: जनम-मरण और पाप बन्धन से मुक्त-अमर बनाता हूँ ॥
  • EN: Will they sell their souls for a mess of pottage?
    HI: दीवाने की मस्ती का क्या दीवाना है उनने तो
  • EN: Humanity has given its birthright away for a mess of pottage.
    HI: एक श्रामपन्त मणी की खातिर धर्म कर्म सब हार दिया
  • EN: They're selling our birthrights for a mess of pottage
    HI: मुनाफा के लिए बेचे जा रहे हमारे धरोहर
  • EN: A mess of pottage in itself is
    HI: एक तो मोटापा अपने आप में
  • EN: What a mess of pottage to trade one's birthright for.
    HI: जननी जन्म भूमि की खातिर कितना मन बलिदानी।
  • EN: And you say what a mess of pottage.
    HI: तुम कही और जो महको तो बुरा लगता है;

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