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