Idiom
too rich for one's blood
Meaning
Too expensive or fancy to suit one's taste or preferences.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That expensive car is too rich for my blood.”
“I looked at the menu, but the prices were too rich for my blood, so I ordered a salad.”
“Although the luxury vacation package offered every imaginable comfort, the exorbitant price tag was simply too rich for my blood, forcing me to seek a more modest alternative.”
Examples
simple
“That expensive car is too rich for my blood.”
contextual
“I looked at the menu, but the prices were too rich for my blood, so I ordered a salad.”
complex
“Although the luxury vacation package offered every imaginable comfort, the exorbitant price tag was simply too rich for my blood, forcing me to seek a more modest alternative.”
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