Definition
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
In Context
- "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."
- "Bangle bracelets in fourteen-karat gold that do not cost an arm and a leg are always in demand."
- "Her house was fabulous, her tits perfection – besides – the Beverly Hills Hotel was costing him an arm and a leg."