when something is unreasonably expensive it is said to....

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Title:	when something is unreasonably expensive it is said to....
Answer:	cost you your right arm

Hints:	1. a limb

Equivalents:	1. It will cost a bundle. (of money) 2. It will cost a fortune. 3. It going to cost an arm and a leg.

Explanation:	This sounds odd I admit but it is quite common. I am not sure why the right arm is mentioned as opposed to the other one.
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Game Summary Statistics

Average Rating		4.4
# of votes		19
# of Garbage Votes		0
# of Garbage Votes by native speakers		0

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Total found: 19 !
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ALBERTO

Rating: 4

March 28, 2016

Instead of "cost you your right arm", in Italian we say "Costare un occhio della testa"

Guest

Rating: 5

March 8, 2016

Katya

Rating: 5

December 15, 2011

Guest

Rating: 4

May 24, 2011

Instead of "cost you your right arm", in Spanish we say "cuesta un ojo de la cara"

Alena

Rating: 4

April 20, 2009

Paolo

Rating: 5

February 21, 2009

Instead of "cost you your right arm", in Italian we say "costa un occhio della testa"

Davinia

Rating: 5

November 23, 2008

Instead of "cost you your right arm", in Spanish we say "costar un ojo de la cara"

Volodymyr L.

Rating: 5

October 17, 2008

Instead of "cost you your right arm", in Ukrainian we say "koshtuye polovyny zhyttya"

heidi R.

Rating: 5

July 11, 2007

Neha

Rating: 5

June 29, 2007

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