OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 44081

an arm and a leg

Meanings (ES + gloss)
ojo de la cara • riñón
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
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.
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