to be expensive

These expressions mean to be very expensive or to be too expensive.

In informal English, if you say that something costs a (small) fortune or costs an arm and a leg you mean that it is extremely expensive.

If you think that something is not worth its expensive price can say in informal UK English that it is daylight robbery, or in informal US English, that it is highway robbery. You can also say that something is a rip-off.

If something is so expensive that something people cannot do it or buy it, you can say that it is prohibitively expensive.

If something is so expensive that something people cannot do it or buy it, you can say that it is beyond reach or it is out of reach.

If something is too expensive for you, you can say that you can’t afford it. This expression is very common.

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