Pay An Arm And A Leg (for Something) Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms - What does Pay An Arm And A Leg (for Something) Idiom mean?

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pay an arm and a leg (for something) What does pay an arm and a leg (for something) mean?	to pay too much money for something	I paid an arm and a leg for the new frames for my glasses.
pay an arm and a leg (for something) What does pay an arm and a leg (for something) mean?	to pay a lot of money for something	We paid an arm and a leg for our new sofa.
pay an arm and a leg (for something) What does pay an arm and a leg (for something) mean?	to pay a lot of money for something	The woman paid an arm and a leg for her new coat.
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hit close to home What does "hit close to home" mean?	affect one personally	The strike by the trash collectors hit close to home when we had no place to put our garbage.

make mincemeat out of (someone or something) What does "make mincemeat out of (someone or something)" mean?	to beat up or destroy someone or something	The older boxer made mincemeat out of the young boxer.
Death of a thousand cuts What does "Death of a thousand cuts" mean?	If something is suffering the death of a thousand cuts, or death by a thousand cuts, lots of small bad things are happening, none of which are fatal in themselves, but which add up to a slow and painful demise.
kick What does "kick" mean?	good feeling or pleasure derived from something
feel dragged out What does "feel dragged out" mean?	to feel exhausted	I was feeling dragged out so I went home and went to bed.
tapped What does "tapped" mean?	broke; having no money
off base What does "off base" mean?	wrong, unrealistic	wrong, unrealisticThe general was off base with his estimate about how many soldiers were needed for the battle.

PB What does "PB" mean?	peanut butter
stick to one's ribs What does "stick to one's ribs" mean?	food that lasts a long time and fills one up	The rice and beans stuck to my ribs and I wasn't hungry for a long time.
kiss of death What does "kiss of death" mean?	an act that puts an end to someone or something	When the girl learned that I knew her teacher, it was the kiss of death. She didn't want to talk to me anymore.
give (someone) the benefit of the doubt What does "give (someone) the benefit of the doubt" mean?	to assume/believe that someone is right or innocent of something	I gave the man the benefit of the doubt but I still think that he is lying.

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Pay An Arm And A Leg (for Something) Idiom