A king's ransom

    一大笔钱

    周日NBA总决赛卖出史上最贵非包间黄牛票，每张售价49,500美元。请看本报昨日的报道：

    Tickets for Sunday's decisive seventh-game NBA Finals championship showdown between the Cleveland Cavaliers and defending champion Golden State are going for a king's ransom on the resale market.

    StubHub spokesman Cameron Papp says the ticket resale firm sold the most expensive non-suite seats in its 16-year history to the Father's Day matchup at Oakland's Oracle Arena, with each ticket going for US$49,500.

    Papp told USA Today and ESPN that the unidentified purchaser of the courtside seats broke the website's old record of US$37,000 for a front-row seat to game four of the 2008 NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics.

    报道中的a king's ransom就是“一大笔钱”。例如：

    The painting was sold for a king's ransom.

    那张画卖出了天价。