sell one's birthright for a mess of pottage (English, verb)
expansion: sell one's birthright for a mess of pottage (third-person singular simple present sells one's birthright for a mess of pottage, present participle selling one's birthright for a mess of pottage, simple past and past participle sold one's birthright for a mess of pottage)
Senses:
glosses: To make an unfavorable exchange, especially of something of great, but deferred value, for something of very low, but immediate value.
tags: dated
idiomatic
Forms:
form: sells one's birthright for a mess of pottage
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: selling one's birthright for a mess of pottage
tags: participle
present
form: sold one's birthright for a mess of pottage
tags: participle
past
form: sold one's birthright for a mess of pottage
tags: past