costing an arm and a leg vs daylight robbery

costing an arm and a leg

daylight robbery

noun
  • Conduct which unfairly deprives an opponent of an advantage or a win; (countable, rare) an instance of this. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see daylight, robbery. 

  • The practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; (countable, rare) an instance of this. 

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