[00:01.97]Ah Vera, it's great that you've come with me during our lunch break to do some shopping. I need to buy a suit to go to a wedding and I have to look very smart.
[00:11.54]And I will make sure of that, Rob. Everybody says I have good taste. I've always chosen my husband's and my son's pyjamas and they look good while they sleep!
[00:23.86]Rob, I love that grey suit in the window.
[00:27.21]Wow. It looks really smart, actually. It will make me look great.
[00:33.50]Exactly! Let's go into the shop, you must try it.
[00:40.59]The colour suits you, Sir. I will see if I can find a smaller size so that it fits you perfectly.
[00:48.24]You see, Rob. This salesman knows what he is talking about. He thinks it looks good on you.
[00:54.84]But he is right, a size smaller would fit better. And everybody in the wedding will think you are a powerful man.
[01:03.18]Yes. Oh wait Vera, this suit is not for me. I'm reading this label and it says it costs an arm and a leg.
[01:13.12]An arm and a leg!? This is terrible, Rob. It's barbaric. This is the 21st century, not the Middle Ages.
[01:23.73]And the salesman seems quite civilised.He sounded like a nice man who wouldn't demand your limbs.
[01:31.22]Don't worry, Vera. I will keep all of my limbs. In English, when we say something costs an arm and a leg we mean that it is very expensive.
[01:40.49]So, it is something people say but it doesn't actually involve arms and legs. That's a relief.
[01:47.15]Let's hear some examples while I get back into my old clothes.
[01:51.59]I'd like to travel all over Europe, but the air fare might cost me an arm and a leg.
[01:57.21]You have to pay a lot of money to give your children a good education nowadays. A place in a top university costs an arm and a leg.
[02:07.96]So, what expression do you use when you want to say that something's very, very expensive?
[02:15.40]You might say it costs an arm and a leg.
[02:18.31]Yeah. Now let's leave this expensive suit here and get out of the shop before that posh-sounding salesman comes back.
[02:25.54]Good idea. He will look down on us, Rob. But I would pay a nail and an elbow for that scarf there and that red dress over there, it might cost a foot and a knee.
[02:41.66]Oh, look at that handbag. It's a designer one and must cost an ear and a hand.
[02:50.11]What are you talking about, Vera? We only say "an arm and a leg". Now, quickly, let's get out of here.
[02:57.40]OK, OK. Bye.