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arm and a leg

NOUN
cost
Synonyms
STRONGEST
amount charge damage expenditure figure outlay payment price price tag rate tariff value worth
STRONG
bite disbursement dues nick nut score tab ticket toll
WEAK
bad news bottom dollar bottom line top dollar
Antonyms
WEAK
repayment retribution

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

So she took a taxi, which cost her an arm and a leg.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner