for a song

1. Very cheaply, for little money, especially for less than something is worth. For example, “I know a man ... sold a goodly manor for a song” (Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, 3:2). This idiom alludes to the pennies given to street singers or to the small cost of sheet music. [Late 1500s]

Example Sentences

Too many of my fellow travelers back then felt that to party even for a song was to betray the revolution.

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We did a video together for a song on my “Sister Dynamite” album, which was released in 2020.

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Joel told Schruers he could envision his survivors playing this very pretty ballad at his funeral, which is certainly one place for a song about the inevitability of pain.

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It’s hard to generalize about the audience for a song this big.

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Even if it's not for a song, just getting stuff out helps.

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Related Words

• cheap 
• economical 
• low-cost 
• low-priced 
• modest 
• popular 
• reasonable