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用cheap as chips表达“像薯条一样便宜”

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.