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Let's not sell this pass for a mess of pottage.
Others say that a mess of pottage is exactly what the group needs to survive.
They would sell our destiny for a mess of pottage!
Take care that you are not drowned in the pottage!"
He begged his twin brother to give him some "red pottage".
The pottage that these people ate was much like modern day soups.
Some say the committee has sold its birthright for a mess of pottage.
Selling our birthright, that's what we're doing - for a mess of pottage!
What was his "mess of pottage" to the birthright that the other had preserved?
'The experienced lads know we're saving some pottage for another day.
Murdo stared at the pottage; it was a deep red colour, which he had never seen in a stew before.
You have traded the food of the gods for a mess of pottage.
Puls (pottage) was considered the aboriginal food of the Romans.
He stirred the pottage and then replaced the lid, leaving the spoon hooked over the side.
It may be that he finds he is not good at making pottage and I should do well to help him."
- that legacy of the Wild which no animal may escape nor exchange for pottage.
Brazil is selling the Amazon rain forest literally for a mess of pottage.
What wouldn't he give for a mess of Grandfather Lamech's pottage.
We don't want someone who is going to sell our birthright for a mess of pottage .
I was out to hunt for greens, a mess of pottage for my supper.
Do not sell out your birthrights for this mess of hedge-fund pottage!
Fuel, flour, peas, cheese, butter, and pottage were still to be provided from the general accounts.
The pottage thickens then, I don't know how.
We fed them meat pottage and decent bread.
Ladies and gentlemen, we will not sell Parliament's birthright for a mess of pottage.