Idiom
break the bank
Meaning
To exhaust one's financial resources.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“This cheap dinner will not break the bank.”
“We want a nice vacation, but we need to find a hotel that does not break the bank.”
“Although the antique watch was beautiful, he decided against the purchase because the high price would certainly break the bank.”
Examples
simple
“This cheap dinner will not break the bank.”
contextual
“We want a nice vacation, but we need to find a hotel that does not break the bank.”
complex
“Although the antique watch was beautiful, he decided against the purchase because the high price would certainly break the bank.”
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