price is right, the

1. The price is very reasonable, it is a good value. This term is often used jokingly to describe something that is free but otherwise not particularly praiseworthy. For example, These golf balls we found in the pond may not look new, but the price is right. [Second half of 1900s]

Example Sentences

But in the rooms of the interactive experience, housed on the former soundstage of “The Price Is Right,” the mood was cheerful, even giddy.

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Bob Barker, the consistently good-natured host of “The Price Is Right,” the longest-running game show in American television history, and one of the country’s best-known advocates for animal rights, died on Saturday at his home in the Hollywood Hills section of Los Angeles.

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The two poles of big American game shows are “Jeopardy,” the high-stakes egghead showdown that rewards book learning, and “The Price Is Right,” the giddy guessing game that tests everyday consumer skills like knowing what to pay for a box of Hamburger Helper.

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On "The Price Is Right," the value of things is itself valued.

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On “The Price Is Right,” the value of things is itself valued.

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