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