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cost the earth

idiom

To be a huge expense.


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    come down to earth

    To be brought back to reality; to emerge from a daydream.

  2. 02

    edge of the earth

    A very remote place.

  3. 03

    go to the ends of the earth

    To do everything possible to achieve something.

  4. 04

    God's green earth

    The world.

  5. 05

    green in earth

    Of a deceased person, recently buried.

  6. 06

    hell on earth

    A very unpleasant situation; torment, particularly when widespread.

  7. 07

    move heaven and earth

    To do whatever is necessary, including extreme or unusual actions; to go to extremes.

  8. 08

    paradise on earth

    An ideal or idyllic place.

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