a pretty penny

基本解释

So, you would need to pay a pretty penny to have one in your home.
所以，你要是想要搬一个回家的话，可得付相当大的一笔款子。
Japan's next leader, Yukio Hatoyama, probably never thought a song he recorded 20 years ago would one day fetch a pretty penny on online auction sites.
日本下任首相鸠山由纪夫可能从未想过他20年前录制的一首歌有一天会成为拍卖网站的大热门，而且拍价不菲。
We often associate hefty salaries with corner offices, scalpels and law degrees – but it turns out you can pull in a pretty penny working outside the financial, medical or legal fields.
我们通常将可观的收入与角落办公室、外科手术刀和法律学位联系到一起。然而，原来你在金融界、医疗界和法律界之外工作也会赚到可观数目的金钱。

The reality: these marketers are forking over a pretty penny to reach a silver-haired consumer base.
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If the U.S. is facing this enormous bandwidth shortage, that spectrum is worth a pretty penny.
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Yes young Maxie may turn out to be a pretty penny of a payday.
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