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Costar un ojo de la cara

Meaning: To be outrageously expensive.

Language: Spanish

Literally: To cost an eye from the face

Category: Body & Senses

Origin: Tradition credits conquistador Diego de Almagro, who lost an eye in a 1524 siege and said serving the Crown had cost him an eye from his face.

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