What price [fame etc.]? In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "What price [fame etc.]?", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Tonia Thai calendar 2021-08-19 09:08

Meaning of What price [fame etc.]?

What price [fame etc.]? spoken language

Used to express one's suspicion that something that has been achieved was not worth all the effort or sacrifice made

What price fame when many close friends have broken the friendship with you?

What price modernization when air pollution is destroying our health?

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not worth the paper it's written/printed on

(Of an agreement or formal document) having no legal validity, or because one of the parties involved has no intention of performing what they promised.

Grammar and Usage of What price [fame etc.]?

 "What price" is followed by a noun.

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