dirt cheap

dirt cheap

Very inexpensive These shoes were dirt cheap—I found them on the clearance rack.
See also: cheap, dirt
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

dirt cheap

extremely cheap. Buy some more of those plums. They're dirt cheap, In Italy, the peaches are dirt cheap.
See also: cheap, dirt
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

dirt cheap

Very inexpensive, as in Their house was a real bargain, dirt cheap. Although the idea dates back to ancient times, the precise expression, literally meaning "as cheap as dirt," replaced the now obsolete dog cheap. [Early 1800s]
See also: cheap, dirt
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

dirt cheap

mod. very cheap. Get one of these while they’re dirt cheap.
See also: cheap, dirt
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

dirt cheap

Very inexpensive. The idea of something being as cheap as dirt dates back at least to Roman times. Petronius’s Satyricon (a.d. 60) says, “In those days food could be had for dirt” (Illo tempore annoma pro luto erat). It may already have been a cliché by the time Dickens used it in Oliver Twist (1838): “I sold myself . . . cheap, dirt cheap!”
See also: cheap, dirt
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • be going cheap
  • (as) cheap as chips
  • cheap as chips
  • cheap
  • hash-house
  • cheap skate
  • a cheap skate
  • cheapskate
  • pluck
  • cheapest is dearest
References in periodicals archive
Overall, 'Dirt Cheap' is a book that achieves its aim.
And he wanted to use standard Category-5 wiring, which he says is dirt cheap compared to the patch cords used to connect most stereo components today.
But the biggest selling point is that online brokers are dirt cheap.
I was wrong: It's merely dirt cheap compared with that available to civilians.
I'm also including Farmer's Bulletin 1500 on Weatherproofing Earth (about making limewashes and casein milk paints), plus a free copy of The Dirt Cheap Builder's Catalog comes with the booklet.
Here's where the flourishing trade in illegal refrigerant comes in: CFC production not only continues in developing countries, it is dirt cheap to buy.
And there are always drinks going dirt cheap, so to speak.
To paraphrase a few exhib execs, no one wants someone else's yucky old theaters unless they're dirt cheap.
Jeff Shapiro is sitting in his editor's car in Boulder, Colo., when he hears "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" for the first time.
MAHWAH, N.J.--It's not exactly dirt cheap, but Sharp Electronics Corp.
"If I am not doing well, you can try to sell me your lumber dirt cheap, and I am still not going to buy," he points out.
If language follows thought, these are some other phrases that the Institute thinks we ought not to be using in an environmentally conscious future: groundbreaking, trailblazing, put it on the back burner, can't see the forest for the trees, dirt cheap, in the pipeline, cutting edge, concrete solutions, and pave the way.
At midday, the index bounced back as jittery investors entered to pick up stocks at dirt cheap valuations.
Nestled in a secret London location, once a month you can experience a six-hour entertainment experience including yummy food, hysterical spooky tours of a haunted 200-year-old cellar, a dirt cheap bar and a spectacular full length show from star illusionist, Simon himself.
Meanwhile, CBS also released the official synopsis for episode 17, titled "(http://www.spoilersguide.com/scorpion/season-3-episode-17-dirty-seeds-done-dirt-cheap-guide/) Dirty Seeds, Done Dirt Cheap ." In the episode, Walter, Toby (Eddie Kaye Thomas) and Paige (Katharine McPhee) would have to save Cabe (Robert Patrick), Happy (Jadyn Wong) and Sylvester when they suddenly suffer from a life threatening, fear-based hallucinations.