“what price?”

The following 2 entries include the term what price?.

at what price

idiom

used to suggest that too much was lost, damaged, or given up in order to get or do something

what price glory/fame

idiom

used to suggest that glory/fame may not be worth what a person has to lose or give up in order to get it


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