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price of eggs en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, uncountable) Something that is relevant or important, usually used to emphasize that another, compared thing is irrelevant, unimportant, or non sequitur.
    • "As to what all that has to do with the price of eggs, as they say, I'm not sure, which is why I called for a detour." 2007, Barry Head, Swansong: A Message of Love and Farewell:
    • "And besides, the question had "nothing to do with the 'price of eggs'." 2012, Walter R. Borneman, The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King:
    • 2002, Sharon Elizabeth Doyle, "The Mother Hunt, Part 1", episode of A Nero Wolfe Mystery (teleplay). "What has that got to do with the price of eggs in Reykjavik?"

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