an arm and a leg

1. see arm and a leg.

Example Sentences

"It should not cost an arm and a leg to take the family to a baseball game or attend your favorite musician's show."

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“It should not cost an arm and a leg to take the family to a baseball game or attend your favorite musician’s show.”

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A 28-year-old British volunteer lost an arm and a leg – saving civilians - but is now stable in hospital.

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He already suspects that “the fancy new computer system that they’ve spent an arm and a leg on” is at fault, and has refused to endorse its figures.

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Most famously, former navy diver Paul de Gelder was left without an arm and a leg after he was attacked by a bull shark during a counter-terrorism exercise in Sydney Harbour in 2009.

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Related Words

• costly 
• extravagant 
• fancy 
• high 
• lavish 
• overpriced 
• pricey 
• upscale 
• valuable