cost the earth

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)To be a hugeexpense.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.

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