arm and a leg
Exorbitant cost idiom
An arm and a leg is an exorbitant price—so much that parting with the money feels like losing limbs: That repair cost me an arm and a leg.
The phrase nearly always follows "cost" or "pay" and emphasizes that something was unreasonably expensive, though the speaker went through with it anyway.
- expensiveCosting much money
- costlyHigh in price
- pretty pennySubstantial amount of money
- big bucksLarge sums of money
- fortuneWealth or destiny
pricey · steep · price tag · outrageous · wallet · bankrupt · deep pockets · splurge · sacrifice · limb · body part · prosthetic · cost · price · highway robbery · rip-off · overpriced · extortionate
- money idiomsbreak the bank, penny pincher, cheapskate, tightwad, deep pockets
arm and a legdirt cheap
Extremely low-priced
cheap · bargain · affordable · next to nothing · pocket change
arm and a legfree
Without payment or restriction
no cost · complimentary · gratis · on the house · free of charge
arm, leg, arms, armed, legs, disarm, armful, unarmed, legged