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