“arm and a leg”
An arm and a leg refers to an extremely high or unreasonable price for something. If something costs an arm and a leg, it is considered very expensive, suggesting a price so steep it feels like a great personal sacrifice. Listen to how native speakers pronounce "arm and a leg" in the video clips below.
Hear how "arm and a leg" sounds in real speech — 1,000 examples from 10 videos, movies, and TV shows. Sources: Desperate Housewives 20 04, Lucifer, Don't Look Up, El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, YMH Studios and 4 more.
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YouTubeYMH Studios159K views · 2025-04-28
The Blue Origin Broads Backlash w/ Thomas Lennon | 2 Bears, 1 Cave
“arm and a leg? No. No. No one knew what”
you here with Tom Siguro who broke an … happened. So I go, "Tom, drop your
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YouTubeLewis Howes420K views · 2023-11-29
How to Become a MILLIONAIRE This Year! (Shift Your MINDSET!) | Alex Hormozi
“arm and a leg in order to get them now a”
Affiliates it's why they have to pay an … lot of times also they haven't built
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TV ShowDesperate Housewives 20 04
Desperate Housewives 20 04 — S08E02
“An arm and a leg? Just an arm?”
So what's the damage? … Not even a finger.It's a cracked fitting.
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TV ShowLucifer
Lucifer — S02E10
“an arm and a leg, Mom,”
Oh. I bet you … that he has no idea what today is.
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YouTubeColdFusion741K views · 2025-09-16
Forget AI, The Robots Are Coming!
“an arm and a leg, sometimes up to half a”
2015. They were slow, unstable, and cost … million dollars. They were mostly
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YouTubeThe Diary Of A CEO3.3M views · 2025-10-09
Louis Tomlinson: When The Police Knocked... I Just Knew! "The Room Was Cold That Day".
“they offer us an arm and a leg and”
time it's like a [ __ ] oasis thing … they're like come back and do this many
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YouTubeThe Late Late Show with James Corden116K views · 2022-11-24
A Thanksgiving Argument Fit for Thanksgiving
“cost you an arm and a leg for a wing and”
record high in other words it's going to … a thigh prices are up because of
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TV ShowDesperate Housewives 20 04
Desperate Housewives 20 04 — S01E02
“It cost me an arm and a leg. It's gotGPS navigation, 200 watt stereo...”
Carlos! … It is beautiful.
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MovieDon't Look Up
Don't Look Up
“They charge an arm and a leg for this stuff.”
But I don't really give a shit right now. … Ten apiece ought to do it.
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MovieEl Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
“But they want an arm and a leg to pay for it.”
A lot of our customers find that handy and practical. … And I ain't paying for no paint job.
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