tidy sum

They cleaned up a tidy sum by selling their tickets at a high price just before the concert .

在音乐会开始之前，他们高价出售门票，赚了不少钱。

She must have paid a tidy sum for that house .

她买这幢房子想必花了一大笔钱。

It must have cost a tidy sum .

这准花了相当大的一笔钱。

She 's put aside a tidy sum for her retirement .

她存了一笔可观的钱已备退休之用。

He 's earned a tidy sum from his business .

他通过他的生意赚了相当大的一笔钱。

And our general factotum , frank , paid him that tidy sum to ...

我们慷慨的管家弗兰克给了他一笔钱

$ 800is a tidy sum of money .

800美元是一笔可观的数目。

Leaving too early would have nevertheless left a tidy sum on the table . And leaving too late ended more than a few careers .

然而，离开过早会损失大量资金，离开过晚就不是几个人失去工作的事了。

That may seem like a tidy sum , but the researchers said it 's not college presidents ' rich pay packages that are to blame for soaring tuition .

这可能看起来是一个很好的总结，但是研究者们却表示，大学校长们的高额工资并不是学费飞涨的原因。

It cost a considerable amount ; a goodly amount ; received a hefty bonus ; a respectable sum ; a tidy sum of money ; a sizable fortune .

这个花了一大笔；大量；获得了大量的红利；可观的数量；大量的钱；大量的财富。

It was a bit of a shock to be declared redundant , but since I had a tidy sum of money saved I was not unduly anxious about finding another job immediately .

被宣布解雇颇令人震惊，但是由于我存了相当大的一笔钱，我并不为立即另找工作而忧心忡忡。

The sprawling estate frequented by Obama and his family for the last three summers has been put up for sale-for the tidy sum of $ 23.7million .

奥巴马及其家人连续居住了三个暑假的房产已经在售，房价总和2370万美金。

Add to that tidy sum the opportunity costs of quitting a job at Google that paid about $ 75000 a year , and your all-in cost for the Master of the Universe degree comes to a formidable , if not mind-numbing , number : nearly $ 390000 .

再加上从谷歌（Google）辞职所产生的每年约75000美元的机会成本，攻读这种被戏称为“宇宙之王”的学位的总成本累计接近390000美元，这样一笔庞大的费用，恐怕会令许多人目瞪口呆。