an arm and a leg
Example Sentences
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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.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025
But there may be other items on the list that do not cost an arm and a leg.
From Reuters • Feb. 21, 2023
This time, in a work well-timed to the world’s inflation crisis, they want to show that it doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg, either.
From Washington Post • Jun. 26, 2022
"And if it's not going to cost me an arm and a leg, why not?"
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2022
Bet their parents paid an arm and a leg for them, too.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
