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Idiomatic expressions for ’expensive’
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Alfonso
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06 July 2006 at 10:08pm | IP Logged

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Alfonso, these are great expressions, definitely export-grade! Are these mexicanismos?

The first one maybe not, but the second one is surely a "mexicanismo".
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Message 26 of 28

25 July 2006 at 6:40am | IP Logged

Danish:

Det koster en bondegård
(it costs a farm)

and a really weird one:

Det koster det hvide ud af øjnene
(It costs the white out of your eyes)

Edited by Iversen on 13 August 2006 at 11:49am
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25 July 2006 at 11:23am | IP Logged

Iversen wrote:

and a really weird one:
Det koster det hvide ud af �jnene
(It costs the white out of your eyes)

That is weird!
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Message 28 of 28

28 July 2006 at 11:23am | IP Logged

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I love the English expression He bought the
company for a song (He bought it for very little money).

Is that British English? Because I've never heard that expression before.

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