COST AN ARM AND A LEG

Meaning of COST AN ARM AND A LEG in English

informal

be extremely expensive.

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COST AN ARM AND A LEG — cost dearly, be very expensive
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COST AN ARM AND A LEG — See ↑ EXPENSIVE 2
Longman Activator English vocab
COST AN ARM AND A LEG — cost a lot of money, is very expensive That fur jacket must have cost her an arm and a leg.
English Idioms vocab
COST AN ARM AND A LEG — cost a lot of money, is very expensive That fur jacket must have cost her an arm and a leg.
English Idioms vocabulary
AN
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AN — [an] 1. interr part -; an ille habe le libro? has he the book?; 2. conj whether -an suffixo adjective …
Interlingua English vocab
COST — I Monetary value of goods and services that producers and consumers purchase. In a basic economic sense, cost is the …
Английский словарь Британика
LEG — I. ˈleg, ˈlāg noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English leg, legge, from Old Norse leggr leg, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COST — I. ˈkȯst also ˈkäst noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from coster, v. 1. a. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ARM — I. ˈärm, ˈȧm noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English arm, earm; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AN — I. _ən, after some consonants often ə n, esp emphatic or hesitating or after a pause (|)an; see usage note …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-AN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AN — () This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of …
Английский словарь Webster
AN — This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEG — — legless , adj. — leglike , adj. /leg/ , n. , v. , legged, legging . n. 1. either …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COST — — costless , adj. — costlessness , n. /kawst, kost/ , n. , v. , cost or, for 11-13, costed, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ARM — arm 1 — armed , adj. — armlike , adj. /ahrm/ , n. 1. the upper limb of the human …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AN — an 1 /euhn/ ; when stressed /an/ , indefinite article. the form of a before an initial vowel sound ( …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEG — I. ˈleg also ˈlāg noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse leggr Date: 14th century 1. : a limb of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ARM — I. ˈärm noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English earm; akin to Latin armus shoulder, Sanskrit īrma arm Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AN — I. ən, (ˈ)an indefinite article Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ān one — more at one Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-AN
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LEG — vt to bow. 2. leg ·vt to run. 3. leg ·vt to use as a leg, with it as object. …
Webster English vocab
ARM — noun a branch of a tree. 2. arm ·noun anything resembling an arm. 3. arm ·noun an inlet of water …
Webster English vocab
AN — conj if; a word used by old english authors. 2. an ·- this word is properly an adjective, but …
Webster English vocab
ARM — [arm] n [ME, fr. OE earm; akin to L armus shoulder, Skt irma arm] (bef. 12c) 1: a human upper …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
-AN
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COST — in common usage, the monetary value of goods and services that producers and consumers purchase. In a basic economic sense …
Britannica English vocabulary
ARM — in zoology, either of the forelimbs or upper limbs of ordinarily bipedal vertebrates, particularly humans and other primates. The term …
Britannica English vocabulary
LEG — / leg; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun PART OF BODY 1. [ C ] one of the long …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COST — / kɒst; NAmE kɔːst/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C , U ] the amount of money that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ARM — / ɑːm; NAmE ɑːrm/ noun , verb ■ noun —see also arms PART OF BODY 1. either of the two …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEG
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COST — I. cost 1 S1 W1 /kɒst $ kɒːst/ BrE AmE noun 1 . [countable] the amount of money that you …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ARM — I. arm 1 S1 W1 /ɑːm $ ɑːrm/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Sense 1, 3-4, 6-13: Language: Old English …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AN — I. a S1 W1 /ə; strong eɪ/ BrE AmE ( also an ) indefinite article , determiner 1 . used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LEG — n. & v. --n. 1 a each of the limbs on which a person or animal walks and stands. b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COST — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. cost) 1 tr. be obtainable for (a sum of money); have as …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ARM — n. 1 each of the upper limbs of the human body from the shoulder to the hand. 2 a the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEG — n. & v. n. 1 a each of the limbs on which a person or animal walks and stands. b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COST — v. & n. v. (past and past part. cost) 1 tr. be obtainable for (a sum of money); have as …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ARM — n. 1 each of the upper limbs of the human body from the shoulder to the hand. 2 a the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LEG — n. & v. --n. 1. a each of the limbs on which a person or animal walks and stands. b …
Oxford English vocab
COST — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. cost) 1. tr. be obtainable for (a sum of money); have as …
Oxford English vocab
ARM — 1. n.1 each of the upper limbs of the human body from the shoulder to the hand. 2 a the …
Oxford English vocab
ARM — I. PART OF YOUR BODY OR OF SOMETHING ELSE /ɑ:(r)m/ ( arms) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEG — ( legs) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A person or animal’s …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COST — ( costs, costing) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form 'cost' …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEG — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a chair leg/arm/back/seat ▪ The chair leg has broken. a head/leg etc wound ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COST — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES additional costs/expenditure etc ▪ An additional charge is made on baggage exceeding the weight …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ARM — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a chair leg/arm/back/seat ▪ The chair leg has broken. an armed attack ▪ Armed …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ARM — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ left , right ▪ upper ▪ the muscles of the upper ~ ▪ muscular , powerful , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
COST — INDEX: 1. what you have to pay for something 2. ways of saying or asking how much something costs 3. …
Longman Activator English vocab
LEG — n. 25B6; noun Lee broke his leg : (LOWER) LIMB, shank; informal peg, pin; archaic member. a table leg : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LEG — n. 1 limb, member, Colloq pin, peg, stump, Slang gam I have a touch of arthritis in my left leg …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ARM — A part attached to or projecting from something. See a-arm , ball joint rocker arm , breaker arm , control …
English Dictionary of Automotive Terms
AN — indefinite article BAD : I had never visited an hospital before. GOOD : I had never visited a hospital before. …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
LEG — 1. сущ. 1) а) нога (от бедра до ступни) to bend one's legs ≈ согнуть ноги to cross one's legs …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COST — 1. сущ. 1) цена, стоимость (тж. перен.) cost, insurance and freight (сокр. с. i. f.) коммерч. ≈ стоимость, страхование, фрахт …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ARM — I 1. сущ. 1) рука (от кисти до плеча, в мед. терминах плечо с предплечьем) ср. forearm fling one's arms …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LEG — leg.ogg 1. leg n 1. 1> нога ( от бедра до ступни ) long in the leg - длинноногий leg …
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