an arm and a leg

单词an arm and a leg

基本解释

na.: 〈口〉一大笔钱
网络: 非常昂贵；昂贵的价格；昂贵的代价

英汉解释

• 〈口〉一大笔钱

同义词

n.fortunepretty pennypacketbomba small fortune

反义词

n.pittance

例句

• I spent a good deal of time with a man who lived with his family on a railway embankment and had lost an arm and a leg in a train accident.

  我在一名男子身上花了很长时间他和他的一家住在铁路路堤上在一次火车事故中失去了一只胳膊和一条腿。

• Let"s go. He is trying to rip you off. He tries to sell a junk for an arm and a leg!

  咱们走吧。他宰你呢！一个破东西他卖得邪贵！

• I learned from the doctors that he would survive; but they said he would come out less an arm and a leg.

  我从医生处打听到，他可能还活得了；但他们说他出院时要少掉一只手臂和一条腿。

• If you get a coke out of the mini bar it"s gonna cost you an arm and a leg.

  如果你在酒吧里喝可乐，这会让你断手断脚。

• He stepped on a land mind and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to come live with us.

  他失去了一支胳膊和一条腿，他已经没有地方去了，我想让他和我们生活在一起。

• The student"s mother said, "Because the RMB is strong against the British pound, it will not cost an arm and a leg to send her abroad. "

  学生的妈妈称：“因为人民币比英镑强，不必花费巨资就能送她出国。”

• One of them had experienced having an arm and a leg paralyzed, but eventually recovered function.

  其中一个人曾经有过一只胳膊或腿部麻痹的经历，但最终康复了。

• "Our growth will be 8. 7% . . . I know other finance ministers who would give an arm and a leg for such figures, " he said.

  他说：“我们的增长将达到8.7%……这个数字绝对是其他国家的财政部长们梦寐以求的。”

• I don"t mind paying an arm and a leg to see him.

  只要能看到他，贵一点我也不介意。

• Kate: Apparently, all the food tastes delicious there. The only problem is that it costs an arm and a leg!

  看样子那边所有的食物都很美味。唯一的问题就是会荷包大失血！