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an arm and a leg

ADJECTIVE
dear
Synonyms
STRONGEST
valuable
STRONG
fancy high steep stiff
WEAK
at a premium cher costly high-priced out of sight overpriced pretty penny pricey prized
Antonyms
STRONG
moderate soft
WEAK
cheap common despised hateful inexpensive low-priced unimportant valueless worthless
ADJECTIVE
expensive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
costly extravagant fancy high lavish overpriced pricey upscale valuable
WEAK
at a premium big-ticket dear excessive exorbitant highway robbery holdup immoderate inordinate invaluable out of sight plush posh pretty penny rich ritzy sky-high steep stiff swank too high uneconomical unreasonable
Antonyms
STRONGEST
economical reasonable unimportant worthless
WEAK
cheap inexpensive low-priced moderate

Example Sentences

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He already suspects that “the fancy new computer system that they’ve spent an arm and a leg on” is at fault, and has refused to endorse its figures.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2024

Most famously, former navy diver Paul de Gelder was left without an arm and a leg after he was attacked by a bull shark during a counter-terrorism exercise in Sydney Harbour in 2009.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2024

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

Except for my sister Audrey, who broke both an arm and a leg when she was young.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover