Be in the market (for something)
Posted by Tim Luo on 2006/12/9 9:47:27
This idiom means to be interested buying something, and is able to afford it.
The car looks great in the brochure, but I am not really in the market for a convertible.
We've set up house with some of my grandmother's furniture, but if we'd been in the market, we would have bought some of that modern Swedish stuff.
Source: Longman Idioms Dictionary
Tim
The car looks great in the brochure, but I am not really in the market for a convertible.
We've set up house with some of my grandmother's furniture, but if we'd been in the market, we would have bought some of that modern Swedish stuff.
Source: Longman Idioms Dictionary
Tim
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