cost an arm and a leg/a small fortune
(UK also cost a bomb/the earth/a packet)Definition
› to be extremely expensive: I'd love to buy a Rolls-Royce, but they cost an arm and a leg.Costs and expensesCosting too muchExpensive and luxurious
(Definition of cost an arm and a leg/a small fortune from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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cosmopolitan adjective
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cosmopolitan noun
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Cossack noun
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cosset verb
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cossie noun
- cost an arm and a leg/a small fortune idiom
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cost noun (MONEY SPENT)
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cost noun (SOMETHING LOST/GIVEN)
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cost of living noun
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cost price noun
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cost sb a pretty penny idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- at/for a price idiom
- break the bank idiom
- capital intensive adjective
- clobber verb (HIT)
- cost sb a pretty penny idiom
- cost sb dear idiom
- costly adjective (EXPENSIVE)
- dearly adverb (COSTING A LOT)
- exorbitant adjective
- extortionate adjective
- it'll cost you idiom
- not come cheap idiom
- out of sight idiom
- over the odds idiom
- overpriced adjective
- prohibitive adjective
- punitive adjective
- set sb back (sth) phrasal verb
- sky-high adjective, adverb
- stiff adjective (SEVERE)
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