Question 37
‘The new iPhone seems to cost everyone not just an arm and a leg, but also a kidney.’ What does ‘to cost an arm and a leg’ mean?
To be very expensive
To be very short-lived
To be very cheap
To be afraid of surgery
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To be very expensive
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Question 37 of 40 in the IIT Madras BS English I (English 1) Quiz 1 paper sat on 25 Feb 2024, in the January 2024 term (IIT M FOUNDATION AN4 EXAM QDF4 25 Feb 2024). It carries 1 mark.
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