big-ticket item, a
big-ticket item, a
An expensive purchase; a large outlay. Ticket refers either to the price tag or to the banking term meaning a preliminary record of a transaction before it is posted in a permanent book of account. The term originated in the United States about 1940 and is a borderline cliché.
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- take the Browns to the Super Bowl
- eye to the main chance, have an
- have an eye for the main chance
- have an eye on/for/to the main chance
- have an eye to/for the main chance
- an eye for the main chance
- an eye on/for/to the main chance
- old as the hills, (as)
- amateur hour
- lain