an arm and a leg
Pluralarms and legs
- 1A very large amount of money, or a price that is much too high.
Like a price so big it feels as if you had to give away something you can never get back.
Those concert tickets cost an arm and a leg, so we stayed home.
We had to pay an arm and a leg for the hotel room near the beach.
Similarfortune, bundle, packet, mint
Oppositepittance
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