英译汉常见错误 | buy [sell] for a [an old] song

［例句］　He bought a used walkman for a song.
［误译］　他为了一首歌买了一台旧随身听。
［原意］　他以很低的价钱买了一台旧随身听。
［说明］　buy [sell] for a song或buy [sell] for an old song（口语）意为“廉价买［卖］”。