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cost an arm and a leg

Date: Jan 26 2006

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“It would have cost an arm and a leg to film Alien vs Predator [in the U.S.]”

Carsten Norgaard, talking about his movie Alien vs Predator.

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

very expensive

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

When something costs an arm and a leg, it is very expensive. A house in Tokyo costs an arm and a leg. A house in Montana does not.

In the example above, Carsten Norgaard is saying that it would have been too expensive to film Alien vs Predator in the U.S. Many Hollywood movies are filmed outside of the U.S. because they cost an arm and a leg to film in America.

Examples

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“This car cost an arm and a leg, but it was worth it.”

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

	be extremely expensive by hossein99
	extremely expensive;outrageously exobitant. by malegal
	When you think something is very, very expensive... you'll have to sell an arm and a leg to pay for that! by braganilza
	very expensive by xiehaibing
	it means it is very expensive. by karicr
	I think it means that it would have been too much expensive to film the movie in the U.S. by sotoandaur
	It would have been very expensive, it would have cost a lot of money by Anasita
	You pay it thru the nose, it's very expensive by Lindsay
	Carsten wanted to say that making the film in The U.S. would have been difficult to achieve. by Jocelyn
	when something is very much more expensive than the normal price it costs an arm and a leg. For instance the other day i wanna buy a bycicle for my child it costs an arm and a leg it was really rip-off. by faramarz
	It cost a lot of money.........a big outlay. Also saying: A rib of the body!!! Saying in the story of Creation . Gen.2 that a woman was made of one of Adams'ribs. In former years the word "rib" got used for a woman. by @Home
	it means it would have been difficult by hojat541

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Comments

explorer143

Pakistan

too Luxurious!

MonkmanE

Canada

Outrageously priced item which has the value what you couldn’t replace it either with your arm in leg for that matter both of them. What value do you put on your limbs?