1. “You have to pay a lot of money to give your children a good education nowadays! A place in a top university costs an arm and a leg.”
2. In English, when we say something costs an arm and a leg we mean that it is very expensive!
译文:
1. 现今这个年代你得花很多钱才能给你孩子一个好的教育，顶尖大学的学习机会更是贵得出奇。
2. 在英语，当我们说某样东西 ‘costs an arm and a leg’，所表达的意思是它很昂贵。
cost an arm and a leg = very expensive，原意是一只手臂和一条腿的代价，贵得出奇
口语练习：
My son is going to a top university, it is going to cost me an arm and a leg.
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