arm and a leg

[arm and a leg] {n.}, {slang} An exorbitantly high price that must be paid for something that isn't really worth it.

* /It's true that to get a decent apartment these days in New York you have to pay an arm and a leg./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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