Meaning of an arm and a leg | Babel Free

Definitions

Usually used after the verb cost, but also often charge, pay, and spend: a very high price for an item or service; an exorbitant price

excessive, idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“I would have liked to have gone to the concert, but the tickets cost an arm and a leg.”

“That Polack costs me an arm and a leg, he thought.”

“Bangle bracelets in fourteen-karat gold that do not cost an arm and a leg are always in demand.”

“Her house was fabulous, her tits perfection – besides – the Beverly Hills Hotel was costing him an arm and a leg.”

CEFR level