如果我们说某物 as cheap as chips 和薯条一样便宜,那意思就是此物非常廉价。
- People keep asking my mother which designer created her beautiful party dress. In fact she bought it at a street market. It was as cheap as chips.
- Mobile phones used to be very expensive. Today they are as cheap as chips.
值得注意的是,短语 let the chips fall where they may 的意思是不管后果如何,由它去吧。
- I know you think investing in that company is risky, but I think we should do it. Let the chips fall where they may.