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A Republican philosophy goes something like this: If you take your car to the mechanic, and instead of fixing it, they take out the engine and charge you an arm and a leg, you should conclude that mechanics can't fix cars and you should probably just take yours to the junkyard and sell it for scrap metal.
Keith Ellison

Meaning of "an arm and a leg" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AN ARM AND A LEG

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AN ARM AND A LEG

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an ace up one´s sleeve
an axe to grind
an eye for an eye
an iron fist
an iron fist in a velvet glove
An Lu Shan
an open book
an overgrown child
an´t
ana
anabaena
anabantid
Anabaptism
Anabaptist
anabaptistic
anabaptize
anabas
anabases
anabasis

WORDS THAT END LIKE AN ARM AND A LEG

a hollow leg
cabriole leg
dead leg
fine leg
inside leg
long leg
lower leg
milk leg
pant leg
peg leg
pull someone´s leg
shake a leg
short leg
show a leg
square leg
table leg
trouser leg
white leg
wooden leg

Synonyms and antonyms of an arm and a leg in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «AN ARM AND A LEG»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «an arm and a leg» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of an arm and a leg

Translation of «an arm and a leg» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AN ARM AND A LEG

Find out the translation of an arm and a leg to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of an arm and a leg from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «an arm and a leg» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

一只胳膊和一条腿
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

un brazo y una pierna
570 millions of speakers

English

an arm and a leg
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक हाथ और एक पैर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ذراع و ساق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рука и нога
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

um braço e uma perna
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

একটি হাত ও একটি পা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

un bras et une jambe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lengan dan kaki
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

einen Arm und ein Bein
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

腕と脚
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

팔과 다리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lengen lan sikil
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

một cánh tay và một chân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒரு கை மற்றும் ஒரு கால்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एक हात आणि एक पाय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bir kol ve bir bacak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

un braccio e una gamba
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ręka inoga
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рука і нога
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

un braț și un picior
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ένα χέρι και ένα πόδι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

´n arm en ´n been
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

en arm och ett ben
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

en arm og et bein
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of an arm and a leg

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AN ARM AND A LEG»

The term «an arm and a leg» is very widely used and occupies the 8.554 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AN ARM AND A LEG» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about an arm and a leg

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2 QUOTES WITH «AN ARM AND A LEG»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word an arm and a leg.
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Keith Ellison
A Republican philosophy goes something like this: If you take your car to the mechanic, and instead of fixing it, they take out the engine and charge you an arm and a leg, you should conclude that mechanics can't fix cars and you should probably just take yours to the junkyard and sell it for scrap metal.
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Mitchell Zuckoff
For starters, let's dispense with the cheap jokes about cannibalism. That means cracks about giving an arm and a leg - sorry - for a good book on the subject, or similar tasteless - sorry, again - attempts to make the subject more palatable - last one.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AN ARM AND A LEG»

Discover the use of an arm and a leg in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to an arm and a leg and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Heaven Doesn't Cost an Arm and A Leg
How healthy is your soul?
Cindy Ross, 2003
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An Arm and a Leg
The delivery is only five kilos, but the collection is awesome. That night, the worlds of black dealers and white cops collide in riot, flames, and gunfire with the repercussions costing everyone an arm and a leg.
David Ralph Martin, 1999
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Cheater's Guide to Speaking English Like a Native
Pay an arm and a leg Losing an arm or a leg is a serious thing. This fact gave birth to the expression "pay an arm and a leg," meaning to pay a very high price for something. a. I paid an arm and a leg for my car, but I am not very happy with it . b.
Boye Lafayette De Mente, 2007
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The Skeletal and Muscular Systems
It is fair to say, even though there are slight differences, that an arm is an arm and a leg is a leg.If you look at an arm and compare it to a leg, they really don't look much alike. Or do they? If you compare the make up of the bones of the arms to ...
Gregory Stewart, 2009
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Clips in Time: Emotionally Powerful, Organic, ...
23 October 2010 Cliché: An arm and a leg Explanation: 1. Costs a lot ofmoney. 2. Costs more than something is worth. Country: United States (http://clichesite.com/ alpha_list.asp?which=lett+1) An Arm and a Leg Sweat from labor deserves a ...
Julie Lilienkamp, 2012
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Dancing with Idioms 2:
an arm and a leg The man who gobbled up the egg hops around on one leg The man has a broken leg but he can't afford an artificial leg that cost an arm and a leg Meaning 'Cost an arm and a leg' means to be very expensive. Example The ...
WP Phan, 2013
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Rethinking the Good: Moral Ideals and the Nature of ...
C, 200 people go through life without an arm and a leg D, 800 people go through life without an arm and a foot E, 2,000 people go through life without an arm F, 6,000 people go through life without a hand G, 20,000 people go through life ...
Larry S. Temkin, 2012
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Dictionary of Catch Phrases
This US c.p. occurs in two forms: they charge you - or you've got to pay - an arm and a leg; 'The price is exorbitant': 'general US for at least 30 years. though by now somewhat hackneyed' (R.C., 1978). The Brit. equivalents, it costs the earth or ...
Eric Partridge, 1992
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365 American English Idioms with Mp3 Audio
IDIOM #13: an arm and a leg How to use it: [something] costs (or) [someone] pays an arm and a leg Explanation: Something that costs an arm and a leg is very expensive. Example: It costs an arm and a leg to buy beer at a baseball stadium.
Michael DiGiacomo, 2013
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Spoken Corpus Linguistics: From Monomodal to Multimodal
... 2006; De Cock, 2000). not touch someone/something with a bargepole (British vs. American English) not touch someone/something with a ten-foot pole burn your boats (varying a lexical component) burn your bridges cost an arm and a leg  ...
Svenja Adolphs, Ronald Carter, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AN ARM AND A LEG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term an arm and a leg is used in the context of the following news items.
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Manu Samoa 'grow limbs' to take on ABs
The Manu Samoa team will "grow an arm and a leg" when they take on the All Blacks in an historic test in Apia this week, All Blacks great ... «Radio New Zealand, Jul 15»
2
REVEALED: Top 10 players out of contract next summer
Expect records to tumble, fees to go through the roof and, inevitably, mistakes to be made. However, not everyone has to cost an arm and a leg. «talkSPORT.com, Jul 15»
3
Five Best Light Bulbs
Either way though, most of you praised the bulbs for being affordable, no-frills lighting that won't cost you an arm and a leg. You can read more ... «LifeHacker India, Jul 15»
4
How Many Captain Americas Does Marvel Have?
... the US government has repeatedly used and manipulated him, and he even lost an arm and a leg during an attack by the supervillain Nuke. «Comicbook.com, Jul 15»
5
A Printing Revolution: How Environmentalism and Profitability Go …
... not only is the production process in and of itself highly complex and expensive, but now it's most vital resource will cost an arm and a leg. «Business 2 Community, Jul 15»
6
$400 Billion Hidden in Your Medicine Cabinet
You might feel like you're paying an arm and a leg for these prescriptions. But, surprisingly, those types of medications aren't what's costing ... «Investment U, Jul 15»
7
Crime spikes in Nigeria
I gave an arm and a leg to propagate the hope he was supposed to bring. No matter how we put it today, it doesn't seem that the ship of state is ... «Daily Trust, Jul 15»
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From Greenville to the NFL and back Football player returns home to …
“Downtown will cost an arm and a leg to live there. It's a different ball game if you moved there 12 or 15 years ago.” Learned a lot from football «The Hudson Reporter, Jul 15»
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Anderson castigates TSA - and dumps 55 million South Africans
In contrast, legendary former South African Davis Cup player Abe Segal has succinctly proclaimed he was prepared to "give an arm and a leg" ... «Sport24, Jul 15»
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Don't be a dummy - pick up a bargain at the Mannakin open day!
The Mannakin warehouse site at Fulbeck is open from 10am this Saturday to browse. It woon't cost an arm and a leg! EMN-150307-104013001. «Sleaford Today, Jul 15»

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