奇貨可居的意思：

　　指把少有的貨物囤積起來，等待高價(jià)出售。也比喻拿某種專長或獨(dú)占的東西作為資本，等待時(shí)機(jī)，以撈取名利地位。

　　英文解釋

　　some goods in short supply, hoarded or cornered for making excess or enormous profit;a rare commodity worth hoarding to corner the market;goods kept back to raise the price;hoard as a rare commodity to corner the market ;

　　【出自】：《史記·呂不韋列傳》：“呂不韋賈邯鄲，見(子楚)而憐之，曰：‘此奇貨可居。’”

　　【示例】：可是他們把票子當(dāng)做～，非要足了錢不肯放回。

　　◎姚雪垠《李自成》第一卷第二十五章

　　【語法】：主謂式;作謂語、賓語、定語;含貶義

　　中英雙語例句

　　過來看，大蒜奇貨可居，有人以此暴富。

　　GG: Come and see. Some became millionaires for hoarding garlic as a rare commodity.

　　曾幾何時(shí)，它們是歐洲市場中最奇貨可居的珍寶，也是廟堂之音中世代相傳的精神印記。

　　Once they were scarce treasure in European market and also spiritual marks in temples spread for generations.

　　圍繞著知識(shí)產(chǎn)權(quán)和版權(quán)的法律技巧風(fēng)光不再，奇貨可居的方式也無法滿足這個(gè)時(shí)代。

　　Nor are legal skills surrounding Intellectual Property and Copyright very useful anymore. Nor are the skills of hoarding and scarcity.