PAY AN ARM AND A LEG FOR SOMETHING

Meaning of PAY AN ARM AND A LEG FOR SOMETHING in English

pay a high price for something I paid an arm and a leg for my car but I am not very happy with it.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AN
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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
PAY — I. ˈpā verb ( paid also in sense 8 payed ˈpād ; paid ; paying ; pays ) Etymology: Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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
FOR — I. fə(r), (|)fȯ(ə)r, (|)fȯ(ə), in R speech in the southern US also (|)fär preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; …
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
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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
PAY — pay 1 /pay/ , v. , paid or ( Obs. except for defs. 12, 24c ) payed; paying; n. , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEG — — legless , adj. — leglike , adj. /leg/ , n. , v. , legged, legging . n. 1. either …
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
PAY — I. ˈpā verb ( paid ˈpād ; also in sense 7 payed ; pay·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PAY — noun satisfaction; content. 2. pay ·vt to give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to pay attention; to pay …
Webster English vocab
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
PAY — [pay] vb paid also in sense 7. payed ; pay.ing [ME, fr. OF paier, fr. L pacare to pacify, fr. …
Merriam-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
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
ARM — in zoology, either of the forelimbs or upper limbs of ordinarily bipedal vertebrates, particularly humans and other primates. The term …
Britannica English vocabulary
SOMETHING — / ˈsʌmθɪŋ; NAmE / pronoun , adverb ■ pronoun 1. a thing that is not known or mentioned by name …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEG — / leg; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun PART OF BODY 1. [ C ] one of the long …
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
SOMETHING
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PAY
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOR — I. for 1 S1 W1 /fə; strong fɔː $ fər strong fɔːr/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] …
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
PAY — v. & n. --v.tr. (past and past part. paid) 1 (also absol.) give (a person etc.) what is due for …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEG — n. & v. --n. 1 a each of the limbs on which a person or animal walks and stands. b …
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
PAY — v. & n. v.tr. (past and past part. paid) 1 (also absol.) give (a person etc.) what is due for …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LEG — n. & v. n. 1 a each of the limbs on which a person or animal walks and stands. b …
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
PAY — 1. v. & n. --v.tr. (past and past part. paid) 1. (also absol.) give (a person etc.) what is due …
Oxford English vocab
LEG — n. & v. --n. 1. a each of the limbs on which a person or animal walks and stands. b …
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
SOMETHING — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use something to refer to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PAY — ( pays, paying, paid) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. When you …
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
FOR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMETHING — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES ... or anything/something spoken (= or something of the same kind ) ▪ Would you …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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
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
SOMETHING — [pronoun] - an object, situation, quality or action which is not exactly known or statedThere's something sharp in my shoe.Something …
Cambridge English vocab
PAY — (BUY) [verb] [past:] paid - to give (money) to (someone) usually for something which you want to buy, for services …
Cambridge English vocab
PAY — Synonyms and related words : accomplish, achieve, advantage, afford, angel, answer, attend to, avail, back, bankroll, base pay, be exposed …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ARM — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ left , right ▪ upper ▪ the muscles of the upper ~ ▪ muscular , powerful , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PAY — INDEX: 1. to pay for something 2. to pay for someone else’s food, drink, ticket etc 3. to have enough …
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