/ku.te œ̃ bʁa/FRANSIZCA → TR
Tanım
•to be expensive, cost an arm and a leg
Diğer Dillerde
alternative form of costare un occhio
çekim: geçmiş costàto un occhio della testa · ortaç costàto un occhio della testa
köken: Literally, “to cost an eye of the head”. Compare French coûter les yeux de la tête.
cost an arm and a leg, be very expensive; to cost as much, or more, than one can really manage to pay
to cost an arm and a leg, to cost the earth (to be a huge expense)
köken: Literally "to cost malt(s)". Malted grains could once upon a time be used to pay taxes.
Kaupungin johdon tyhmyys maksaa meille maltaita.
to cost the earth (to be a huge expense)
köken: egy (“a”) + vagyon (“fortune”) + -ba (case suffix) + kerül (“to cost”), literally “to cost a fortune”