Matching Pairs IDIOMS 1Online version idioms by Julia Colino Alonso 1 it's a steal 2 heavens open 3 come rain or shine 4 break the bank 5 bolt from the blue 6 it's a bargain 7 heat is on 8 it costs an arm and a leg / it cost a fortune 9 shopper's paradise 10 I can't afford it 11 it's a rip-off 12 shopping spree 13 buy a lemon 14 shop around 15 window shopping 16 fair-weather friend 17 it's a bit pricey 18 on cloud nine 19 splash out 20 turn on/up the heat 21 freeze someone out 22 cloud cuckoo land 23 cloud on the horizon 24 bargain hunting 25 pay through the nose 26 a pound shop 27 be your one-stop shop 28 once in a blue moon If you ... on something, you buy it even though it costs a lot of money. means that something is so cheap that it’s almost as if you haven't paid anything for it. Something that costs much more than it should This expression refers to an imaginary unrealistic place where everything is perfect and impossible things can happen. Said when an article is well below the usual price. A problem or difficulty that is predictable, or seems likely to arise in the future If you deliberately isolate someone or prevent them from participating in a social or business activity by treating them unfairly or harshly is a bit expensive. If you spend time in the shops looking for items to buy at the lowest price, you go ... it suddenly starts to rain heavily. you visit a number of shops selling similar articles in order to compare the prices. means to spend or lose all your money, or to buy something that costs more than you can afford. A shop where goods are sold at a low price Someone who acts as a friend when times are good, and is not there when you are in trouble, A person who is ... is very happy because something wonderful has happened. it is very expensive indeed. If you do something ... you do it whatever happens, no matter what the weather or other circumstances may be. If something occurs ..., it happens very rarely. Your one-stop shop is a location at which you can buy everything you need or want. you enjoy a lively outing, usually with much spending of money. you don't have enough money to buy it. If you ... on a person or organisation, you put pressure on them in order to obtain what you want. A place where a large selection of items are available for sale When people go ... , they look at things in shop windows, without actually purchasing anything. means that you are under a lot of pressure to get something done, usually within a time limit. you pay an unreasonably high price or an excessive amount of money for something means that it happened totally unexpectedly. If buy something, especially a car, that is defective, unsatisfactory, constantly gives trouble or stops running after a short time
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