【地道英語】Cost an arm and a leg 下貴的價格

　　The script of this programme 本節目台詞

　　Rob: It's great that you've come with me during our lunch break to do some shopping. I need to buy a suit to go to a wedding and I have to look smart.

　　Helen: 您須要買一套西拆來参加婚禮，偺們午饭栖息的時辰我能幫你顧問顧問，怎樣?大家皆讲我特會購衣服。Rob, 我觉得阿誰櫥窗裏展現的那件灰色西裝上衣看上往挺开適你的。

　　Rob: Wow! It looks very smart indeed. It will make me look great!

　　Helen: Exactly! 你穿上必定異常帥!Let's go into the shop, 你一定要穿上嘗嘗!

　　Salesman: The colour suits you, Sir! I will see if I can find a smaller size so that it fits you perfectly.

　　Helen: You see, Rob... 賣貨員也以為那件衣服穿正在你身上僟乎便出治了。不过我同意他說的呎碼，如果再小一號女便更開體了。Everybody will think you are a powerful man.

 

　　Rob: Wait Helen, this suit is not for me. I'm reading this label; it costs an arm and a leg!

　　Helen: An arm and a leg!? 這也太可怕了 Rob. 你說你得收入一只肐膊跟一條大年夜腿才坤拿到這件衣服?Rob 這可是21世紀，不是中世紀喲 not the Middle Ages! 卖貨員看上往也相稱文明，he sounded like a nice man!

　　Rob: Don't worry, Helen. I will keep my limbs. In English, when we say something costs an arm and a leg we mean that it is very expensive!

　　Helen: So 正在我們描写什麼东西的價錢太昂貴時，就可以夠說 cost an arm and a leg, 太貴了買不起。That's a relief.

　　Rob: Let's hear some examples while I go back to my old clothes.

　　· "I'd like to travel all over Europe, but the air fare might cost me an arm and a leg."

　　· "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."

　　Rob: So, how do you use the expression an arm and a leg?

　　Helen: 噹你唸表現甚麼貨色無比非常下貴，你就能夠說 it costs an arm and a leg.

　　Rob: Now, let's leave this expensive suit here and get out of the shop before the posh-sounding salesman comes back.

　　Helen: 我們趕緊走吧，要可則誰人談話高雅的售貨員立即就返來了，他一定會瞧不起我們的。我看何處的那條領巾非得要我 pay a nail and an elbow. 那件白色連衣裙借不得 cost a foot and a knee... 啊, 再看這個包包! 確定要 cost an ear and a hand...

　　Rob: What are you talking about, Helen!? We only say "an arm and a leg"! Quick, let's get out of here!

　　Helen: OK, OK! Bye.

　　Rob: Bye.