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Cost an arm and a leg

Very expensive

Fortune Idiom 2 variants

Expressions Across Cultures

It costs an arm and a leg
It's extremely expensive
🇬🇧 English London, GB
English idiom for something prohibitively expensive. Used since WWII.
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Cuesta un ojo de la cara
It's extremely expensive
🇨🇱 Spanish Santiago, CL
Equivalente español: cuesta tanto como un ojo de la cara.
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