cost the earth

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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)

(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
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
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

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