cost an arm and a leg

idiom

informal

: to be too expensive

I want a new car that doesn't cost an arm and a leg.

Examples of cost an arm and a leg in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Going out to eat also won't cost an arm and a leg: the study found a three-course meal in the city will only set travelers back $23, a beer typically costs $3, and a coffee comes in at $2. —Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2025

Those sound great, but cost an arm and a leg. —Bestreviews, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025

Lake living doesn’t need to cost an arm and a leg. —Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025

Hers was marked by crystal Jibbitz shaped into flowers, whose value was reflected in an over-$1,000 price tag, but getting your hands on a dressier Bae Clog that can work for more formal occasions (think date nights and NYFW afterparties) doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg. —Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for cost an arm and a leg

• beg
• clegg
• egg
• keg
• legg
• meg
• peg
• reg
• blackleg
• bootleg
• foreleg
• mpeg