cost a bomb

I can tetanus for free in Canada but everything else costs a bomb.

"You'd have to rewire the whole planet and it'd cost a bomb.

Take advice from your school's music teacher, and before buying an expensive instrument - French horns cost a bomb, for example - look into hiring.

I covet it increasingly, but it costs a bomb.

And if you're wondering, yes, they cost a bomb - for a life-sized vase expect to fork out in the region of around €12000.

Except it cost a bomb.

"Must have cost a bomb."

"It took more than a day for that particular shot and if the movie was made on reel film, it would have cost a bomb," said Chandran.

G Map The Movieum may cost a bomb but this awkwardly named attraction devoted to the British film industry is surprisingly well done.

It's no fun with three kids to feed, and their clothes, their shoes cost a bomb, and the little devils grow out of them before you've paid for them, practically.

Cost a bomb to ship it back in worthless pieces though; so why not ship the whole thing back and break it up in our own back yard?