not come cheap
Definition
› If you say that something does not come cheap, you mean that it is of good quality and is therefore expensive: If you want a qualified accountant, their services don't come cheap.Costing too muchExpensive and luxurious
(Definition of not come cheap from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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not care for sb/sth phrasal verb
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not care/give a fig idiom
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not care/give a sod idiom
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not care/give tuppence idiom
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not care/give two hoots idiom
- not come cheap idiom
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not content with sth/doing sth idiom
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not cricket idiom
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not darken sb's door idiom
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not do sb any favours idiom
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not do things by halves idiom
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SMART Thesaurus
Synonyms and related words:
- at/for a price idiom
- break the bank idiom
- capital intensive adjective
- cheap at half the price idiom
- clobber verb (HIT)
- cost an arm and a leg/a small fortune idiom
- cost sb a pretty penny idiom
- cost sb dear idiom
- costly adjective (EXPENSIVE)
- exorbitant adjective
- extortionate adjective
- it'll cost you idiom
- out of sight idiom
- over the odds idiom
- overpriced adjective
- prohibitive adjective
- punitive adjective
- set sb back (sth) phrasal verb
- steep adjective (TOO MUCH)
- stiff adjective (SEVERE)
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