of great price

of great price

Of high value. This museum is home to treasures of great price, many of which we are going to see on our tour today.
See also: great, of, price
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • all over the map
  • map
  • a great many
  • great many
  • have to go some
  • have to go some to (do something)
  • (as) tough as leather
  • gone to the great (something) in the sky
  • have a good name (somewhere or in something)
  • (as) tough as old boots
References in classic literature
One day we were followed by the boats of a whaler, who, no doubt, took us for some enormous whale of great price; but Captain Nemo did not wish the worthy fellows to lose their time and trouble, so ended the chase by plunging under the water.
20000 Leagues Under The Sea
It was massive, well made, and solid, like a chest constructed to carry things of great price, but not one shred or crumb of metal or jewelry lay within it.
Sign of the Four
But she named the infant "Pearl," as being of great price -- purchased with all she had -- her mother's only treasure!
Scarlet Letter
Pictures and prints which even my unpractised eyes could recognize as being of great price and rarity hung thick upon the walls.
The Lost World
As for his red-nosed neighbour, the latter--since the information as to the identity of Rogojin--hung over him, seemed to be living on the honey of his words and in the breath of his nostrils, catching at every syllable as though it were a pearl of great price.
The Idiot
He had taken the wife to his raw new palace in San Diego, where she and her people occupied a wing of great price, and Cheyne, in a verandah-room, between a secretary and a typewriter, who was also a telegraphist, toiled along wearily from day to day.
Captains Courageous
"Pearl of Great Price: The Life of Mother Maria Skobtsova 1891-1945" is her story of why this remarkable woman is canonized by the Orthodox church.
Pearl of Great Price
Augustine as he fights temptations of the flesh and as he strives to abandon what he had treasured before he found the pearl of great price.
The Fulfillment of All Desire: A Guidebook for the Journey to God Based on the Wisdom of the Saints