cost the earth

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

cost the earth (third-person singular simple present costs the earth, present participle costing the earth, simple past and past participle cost the earth)

1. (idiomatic) To be a huge expense.
   • 2009, Patricia Shaw, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 107:

     "That's a nice suit, Noelene. Is it new?" Of course it's bloody new. Cost me the earth.

Synonyms

• cost a fortune
• cost a king's ransom
• cost an arm and a leg
• cost a pretty penny

Translations

be a huge expense

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 花一大筆錢 / 花一大笔钱 (huā yīdàbǐqián)

• Finnish: maksaa maltaita, maksaa mansikoita
• French: (colloquial) coûter bonbon (fr), (informal) coûter la peau du dos (fr), (colloquial) coûter une blinde (fr), (vulgar) coûter la peau du cul (fr), (informal) coûter un bras (fr), (vulgar) coûter une couille (fr)
• Hungarian: egy vagyonba kerül
• Italian: costare un occhio della testa
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: влете́ть в копе́ечку (ru) pf (vletétʹ v kopéječku), уда́рить по карма́ну pf (udáritʹ po karmánu)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: kosta skjortan (sv)