To be sold something that later proves to be worth a fraction of the price it was originally purchased.

Derives from when Chelsea bought Fernando Torres from Liverpool for £50,000,000 in 2011.
So you bought a second hand iPod off eBay and a week later it dies as soon as you turn it on? I'm afraid you've been sold a tranny there son.

So you bought a Ford KA at an auction and it's falling to bits the minute you take it round the block? Mate, you've been sold a tranny, as they say everywhere.

So you bought a world-class centre-forward and it turns out he couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo? I'm afraid you've been sold a tranny, no argument!
by afsfs May 12, 2011
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