"cost the earth" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-cost the earth.ogg Forms: costs the earth [present, singular, third-person], costing the earth [participle, present], cost the earth [participle, past], cost the earth [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|cost<,,cost> the earth}} cost the earth (third-person singular simple present costs the earth, present participle costing the earth, simple past and past participle cost the earth)
  1. (idiomatic) To be a huge expense. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Money Synonyms: cost a fortune, cost a king's ransom, cost an arm and a leg, cost a pretty penny Translations (be a huge expense): 花一大筆錢 (Chinese Mandarin), 花一大笔钱 (huā yīdàbǐqián) (Chinese Mandarin), maksaa maltaita (Finnish), maksaa mansikoita (Finnish), coûter bonbon [colloquial] (French), coûter la peau du dos [informal] (French), coûter une blinde [colloquial] (French), coûter la peau du cul [vulgar] (French), coûter un bras [informal] (French), coûter une couille [vulgar] (French), egy vagyonba kerül (Hungarian), costare un occhio della testa (Italian), влете́ть в копе́ечку (vletétʹ v kopéječku) [perfective] (Russian), уда́рить по карма́ну (udáritʹ po karmánu) [perfective] (Russian), kosta skjortan (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "be a huge expense",
      "word": "egy vagyonba kerül"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "be a huge expense",
      "word": "costare un occhio della testa"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vletétʹ v kopéječku",
      "sense": "be a huge expense",
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "udáritʹ po karmánu",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "be a huge expense",
      "word": "kosta skjortan"
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