sell one's soul

From the medieval legend of Faust, who made a contract with the devil, exchanging his soul for worldly gains.

• "He murmured in her ear. “You are Marguerite, for you could fire a man's heart so that he would sell his soul to gain you.”"
• "So I resolved to acquire a dog, and bought one from a prospector, who was stony-broke and would have sold his soul for a drink."
• "After all, the South is where jazz and blues were invented. Where Robert Johnson supposedly sold his soul to the devil so he could play the licks that would become rock 'n' roll."
• "so this is it? I sold my soul for this? Washed my hands of that for this? I miss my mom and dad for this?"
• "“David used to say he would sell his soul to be famous,” she says. “But he was also otherworldly – and you couldn’t take your eyes off him.”"

• sell one's soul to the devil
• sell one's soul to the Devil

• Faustian bargain
• sell one's birthright for a mess of pottage
• sell one's own grandmother