Synonyms for an arm and a leg
- valuable
- fancy
- high
- steep
- stiff
- at a premium
- cher
- costly
- high-priced
- out of sight
- overpriced
- pretty penny
- pricey
- prized
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Antonyms for an arm and a leg
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WORD ORIGIN
"upper limb," Old English earm "arm," from Proto-Germanic *armaz (cf. Old Saxon, Danish, Swedish, Middle Dutch, German arm, Old Norse armr, Old Frisian erm), from PIE root *ar- "fit, join" (cf. Sanskrit irmah "arm," Armenian armukn "elbow," Old Prussian irmo "arm," Greek arthron "a joint," Latin armus "shoulder"). Arm of the sea was in Old English. Arm-twister "powerful persuader" is from 1938. Arm-wrestling is from 1899.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR AN ARM AND A LEG
dear
adjectivevery expensivedearer
adjectivevery expensiveexpensive
adjectivehigh-pricedmore expensive
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