give one's left nut

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. Pay a very high price for something. slang,vulgar
    — Nick Lazarus would give his left nut to see me convicted and disbarred.

词形变化

gives one's left nut present,singular,third-person giving one's left nut participle,present gave one's left nut past given one's left nut participle,past

词源

The loss of a testicle would be a high price to pay for something. This synonym of give one's eye-teeth and give one's right arm most likely came after those, having been modeled after them facetiously.
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