Cost an arm and a leg
Posted by Bruce Kahl on June 19, 2007
In Reply to: Cost an arm and a leg posted by Don Crowder on June 19, 2007
: I have heard that the phrase "cost an arm and a leg" derived from the cost of portraits in the colonial days. Painters would charge more according to how many limbs (arms or legs) were in the painting. Could you clarify?
See link below.
- An arm and a leg - origin
- Cost an arm and a leg Victoria S Dennis 19/June/07