cost/pay/charge the earth

cost the earth

To be exorbitantly expensive. A: "Your new car looks pretty slick!" B: "I should hope so, it cost the earth!" The company is making cutting-edge smartphones that don't cost the earth for consumers.

cost (or charge or pay) the earth

cost (or charge or pay) a large amount of money. British informal

cost/pay/charge the ˈearth

(British English, informal) cost/pay/charge a lot of money: It needn’t cost the earth to refurbish your offices.

词组	cost/pay/charge the earth
释义	cost/pay/charge the earth cost the earth To be exorbitantly expensive. A: "Your new car looks pretty slick!" B: "I should hope so, it cost the earth!" The company is making cutting-edge smartphones that don't cost the earth for consumers. See also: cost, earth Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. cost (or charge or pay) the earth cost (or charge or pay) a large amount of money. British informal See also: cost, earth Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary cost/pay/charge the ˈearth (British English, informal) cost/pay/charge a lot of money: It needn’t cost the earth to refurbish your offices. See also: charge, cost, earth, pay Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: cost the earth cutting edge a cutting edge stick it on stick on play with (something) (still) going strong Going strong so much so that surf the web
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