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Definition of an arm and a leg

an arm and a leg

noun - uncountable

a lot of money.
I paid an arm and a leg for my surgery.
My surgery cost an arm and a leg.
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Last edited on Jan 20 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'money':
cabbage	Definitions include: verb; to steal with, or without, the victim's knowledge.
moolah	Definitions include: spelling variant of "moola", meaning money.
case quarter	Definitions include: a twenty-five cent coin.
ching	Definitions include: money.
grip	Definitions include: a long time.
coin	Definitions include: money.
bugsy	Definitions include: money.
funds	Definitions include: money.
two bits	Definitions include: a quarter.
large	Definitions include: one thousand dollars.
eight figure	Definitions include: worth 10,000,000 units of a currency to just below 100,000,000 units.
tenner	Definitions include: ten pounds sterling.
Michigan bank roll	Definitions include: a wad of currency in small denominations with a large denomination bill around the outside to make it look like more money.
a dollar three eightyfive	Definitions include: a non-specified price.
gwop	Definitions include: money.
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Other terms relating to 'a':
a	Definitions include: amphetamine.
A-1	Definitions include: the best.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
a bit of how's your father	Definitions include: sexual activity.
a boat	Definitions include: In the West/Central Canadian accent, "about" is pronounced somewhere between "aboot" and "a boat".
a couple beers short of a six-pack	Definitions include: a little crazy
a couple three	Definitions include: an unspecified small number.
act a fool	Definitions include: Playing around
a dime a dozen	Definitions include: very common.
*a dog with two dcks**	Definitions include: a mythical creature who is extremely happy or fortunate.
a dollar three eighty	Definitions include: a non-specified price.
a dollar three eightyfive	Definitions include: a non-specified price.
adopt a tree	Definitions include: to collide with a tree.
a face that only a mother could love	Definitions include: an ugly face.
a few	Definitions include: a few drinks of alcohol.
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Other terms relating to 'an':
a hell of an	Definitions include: an impressive.
an	Definitions include: and.
an ice cube's chance in hell	Definitions include: no chance.
bat an eye	Definitions include: to conspicuously notice.
cost an arm and a leg	Definitions include: to cost a lot.
crank an Eight Ball	Definitions include: to defecate.
drop an f-bomb	Definitions include: to use the word "fuck" or one of its variants at an inappropriate time or place.
float an air biscuit	Definitions include: to flatulate; "fart".
full as an egg	Definitions include: extremely full after consuming food or drink.
have an axe to grind	Definitions include: to have a grudge.
have an eppy	Definitions include: to throw a fit.
*have an extra helping of btchflakes**	Definitions include: someone who is a little extra bitchy that day. bitchflakes like cornflakes.
hell of an	Definitions include: an impressive.
hit with an ugly stick	Definitions include: used to describe an ugly person.
INAE	Definitions include: acronym for "I'm not an expert".
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Other terms relating to 'and':
AAB	Definitions include: Assault and Battery
Abel and Cain	Definitions include: Rain.
Adam and Eve	Definitions include: Cockney rhyme for ''believe''.
all bark and no bite	Definitions include: to talk a lot but never take action.
all fingers and thumbs	Definitions include: clumsy.
all that and a bag of chips	Definitions include: better than all that.
all that and a bag of Fritos	Definitions include: the best.
all wind and piss	Definitions include: Without substance, All talk and no action
and 1	Definitions include: to get fouled in basketball and make the basket
and a half	Definitions include: used to indicate an extreme condition or an excessive amount.
and all that jazz	Definitions include: et cetera.
and a quarter	Definitions include: used to indicate an extreme condition or an excessive amount.
and change	Definitions include: a quantity between 1 and one order of magnitude lower than the quantity previously mentioned.
and how	Definitions include: interjection of agreement.
*and sht**	Definitions include: used to emphasize the preceding statement.
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Other terms relating to 'arm':
alligator arms	Definitions include: metaphorical arms, the presence of which indicates a person is stingy.
arm candy	Definitions include: an attractive (often much younger) female date.
baby arm	Definitions include: penis.
break (one's) arm patting (one's self) on the back	Definitions include: to excessively praise one's self.
broken arm	Definitions include: two large marijuana blunts rolled together lengthwise
cost an arm and a leg	Definitions include: to cost a lot.
give (one's) right arm for	Definitions include: to want very badly.
gorilla arm	Definitions include: an arm that has become sore, cramped, and / or muscular due to extended use of touch screens on computing devices.
look like a baby's arm holding an apple	Definitions include: said of a penis, extremely large.
look like a baby's arm with an apple in its fist	Definitions include: said of a penis, to be extremely large.
Other terms relating to 'leg':
3-legged man	Definitions include: a man with an extremely large penis.
boot-leg	Definitions include: a lower-quality version of something.
bow-legged cha-cha	Definitions include: sex
break a leg.	Definitions include: a statement of "Good luck," in situations where "Good luck" is considered bad luck, such as in theatre.
cost an arm and a leg	Definitions include: to cost a lot.
have legs	Definitions include: to have speed.
hog leg	Definitions include: Term for an unusually large and fat marijuana cigarette.
hollow-legged	Definitions include: Relates to the idea of consuming a large quantity of food or drink From the expression, "to have a hollow leg."
jack-leg	Definitions include: an untalented professional.
leg it	Definitions include: to run.
legless	Definitions include: very drunk.
leg opener	Definitions include: something that leads to a female opening her legs.
middle leg	Definitions include: a penis.
open (one's) legs	Definitions include: of a woman, to receive sex.
peg-leg	Definitions include: a person missing a leg.
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