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2021-04-22 09:04
Cost a bomb American British informal slang
The idiom cost a bomb is a slang expression often used in informal conversation when buying something with a very high price. She attended the fashion show with the necklace costing a bomb.
Used to indicate something that is very expensive
Chanel is one of the high-quality clothing brands in the world, so all of clothes branding Chanel always cost a bomb.
We had to cancel our journey to Hawaii Island in this summer holiday since the flight tickets cost a bomb.
Almost apartments in this Landmark 81 - a super-tall skyscraper in Ho Chi Minh City - cost a bomb.
To change the price of something
Have a very high price
Be very expensive
To refer to a very high price.
The verb "cost" should be conjugated according to its tense.
Do you see anything wrong?
A humorous way of saying that what one has said is just what they acknowledge and may not be entirely accurate
Mike: Have you returned from your vacation on the beach? Your skin seems to get tanned.
Jenny: My skin is always dark. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
