Noun
an arm and a leg (plural arms and legs)
(idiomatic, hyperbolic) Usually used after the verb cost, but also often charge, pay, and spend: a very high price for an item or service; an exorbitant price
Synonym: pretty penny (cost a pretty penny)
For starters, let's dispense with the cheap jokes about cannibalism. That means cracks about giving an arm and a leg - sorry - for a good book on the subject, or similar tasteless - sorry, again - attempts to make the subject more palatable - last one. Mitchell Zuckoff
And it stands to reason—if you’re going to charge an arm and a leg, you’d better give them a mind-blowing experience year after year. Source: Internet
In an episode set in Laos, he ate freshwater fish and bamboo shoots with a man who had lost an arm and a leg when a U.S. explosive, left over from the war, detonated. Source: Internet
Instead of paying an arm and a leg at your local breakfast spot, you can bring the bar to your own homespun brunch. Source: Internet
"It's like losing an arm and a leg." Source: Internet
'Local needs' restrictions for planning permission for building houses in Ireland is unfair, discriminatory and makes getting planning for a home nearly impossible to obtain - as well as costing an arm and a leg. Source: Internet