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cost the earth

idiom
Meaning

To be a huge expense.


Examples
SIMPLE

That fancy new car must cost the earth.

CONTEXTUAL

We wanted to host the wedding at the hotel, but the venue rental would cost the earth.

COMPLEX

While the antique furniture was undeniably beautiful, the collector realized that restoring it to its original condition would cost the earth.

Anchors to
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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