Search Result for "mess of pottage":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. anything of trivial value;
- Example: "Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for a mess of pottage"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mess of pottage
    n 1: anything of trivial value; "Esau sold his birthright to
         Jacob for a mess of pottage"