me costó un riñón

costar un riñón — (Esp fam) to cost an arm and a leg (colloq)

costar un riñón — (Esp fam) to cost an arm and a leg (colloq)

Ex: All the phenomena within this facet, -- heart, liver, lungs, brain, kidneys etc -- share this characteristic in common.

to break/divide something in half — romper*/dividir algo por la mitad or en dos

not to do things by halves — (colloq) no hacer* las cosas a medias

to go halves — (colloq) pagar* a medias

my/his better/other half — (colloq & hum) mi/su media naranja

too... by half — (BrE colloq)

she's too clever by half — se pasa de lista (fam)

... and a half! — (colloq)

the half of it — (colloq)

she isn't half the player/singer she used to be — (colloq) no es ni con mucho la jugadora/cantante que era

she was half asleep — estaba medio dormida or semidormida

the movie isn't half as good as the book — (colloq) la película no es ni la mitad de buena que el libro

not half — (BrE colloq) (as intensifier)

half a cup — media taza f

half a day — medio día m

• a pound and a half, one and a half pounds — libra f y media

we have a problem and a half * — tenemos un problema mayúsculo, vaya problemazo que tenemos

• one's better half * — hum su media naranja *

• by half, better by half — con mucho el mejor

he's too clever by half * — se pasa de listo

• half a dollar — (=value) medio dólar m

• half a dozen — media docena f

• to go halves (with sb) (on sth) — ir a medias (con algn) (en algo)

• half an hour — media hora f

• to cut/break sth in half — cortar/partir algo por la mitad

• half a moment! * —

• half a second! * — ¡un momento!

• one's other half * — hum su media naranja *

• they don't know the half of it * — no saben de la misa la media

• she's asleep half the time — iro se pasa la mitad del tiempo dormida

first/second half — primer/segundo tiempo m

• a half- point cut in interest rates — una reducción de medio punto en los tipos de interés

• I have a half share in the flat — la mitad del piso es mío or de mi propiedad

• I was half afraid that... — medio temía que...

• half as, half as much — la mitad

it wasn't half as bad as I had thought * — [interview, trip to the dentist] no lo pasé ni con mucho or ni de lejos tan mal como había imaginado

• half asleep — medio dormido

• half done — a medio hacer

• he half got up — se levantó a medias

• half laughing, half crying — medio riendo, medio llorando

• I only half read it — lo leí solo a medias

• I was only half serious when I said that — aquello solo lo dije medio en broma

come at half three * — ven a las tres y media

half fare N — medio pasaje m (as adv)

half note N — (US) (Mus) blanca f

half term N — (Brit) (Scol) vacaciones fpl de mediados del trimestre

to break/divide something in half — romper*/dividir algo por la mitad or en dos

not to do things by halves — (colloq) no hacer* las cosas a medias

to go halves — (colloq) pagar* a medias

my/his better/other half — (colloq & hum) mi/su media naranja

too... by half — (BrE colloq)

she's too clever by half — se pasa de lista (fam)

... and a half! — (colloq)

the half of it — (colloq)

she isn't half the player/singer she used to be — (colloq) no es ni con mucho la jugadora/cantante que era

she was half asleep — estaba medio dormida or semidormida

the movie isn't half as good as the book — (colloq) la película no es ni la mitad de buena que el libro

not half — (BrE colloq) (as intensifier)

la lámpara cuesta 45 euros — the lamp is o costs 45 euros

• costar trabajo, cuesta poco trabajo ser amable — it doesn't take much to be pleasant, it's not so hard to be pleasant

me costó Dios y ayuda convencerla — I had a hard job o time persuading her

ese error te costará el puesto — that mistake will cost you your job o will lose you your job

al principio cuesta, pero luego se hace más fácil — it's hard o difficult at first but then it gets easier

cuesta reconocerlo, pero es verdad — it's hard o difficult to admit it, but it's true

• costar a algn, lo que más me cuesta es el inglés — the thing I find hardest o most difficult is English

me cuesta creer que seas hermano suyo — I find it hard o difficult to believe that you are his brother

¿por qué no me llamas? ¡si no te cuesta nada! — why don't you give me a call? it's not so hard o difficult!

• costar caro a algn — to cost sb dear

¿cuánto me costará arreglarlo? — how much will it be o cost to fix it?

me cuesta trabajo creerlo — I find it hard o difficult to believe

me cuesta creerlo — I find it hard o difficult to believe

¿cuánto me costará arreglarlo? — how much will it be o cost to fix it?

me cuesta trabajo creerlo — I find it hard o difficult to believe

me cuesta creerlo — I find it hard o difficult to believe

Ex: The Mansell pre-1956 imprint catalog, in 604 volumes, is being edited at the rate of 20,000 entries a week, and is costing $1 million per year to edit.

at no additional o extra cost — sin cargo adicional

to cover/cut costs — cubrir*/reducir* los gastos; (before n)

cost accounting — contabilidad f analítica de costos or (Esp) costes

at cost — ( Busn) a precio de costo or (Esp) coste, al costo (AmL)

at the cost of something — a costa or a expensas de algo

it'll cost you! — (colloq) mira que te va a salir caro!

• at cost — (Comm) a (precio de) coste

at all costs, at any cost, whatever the cost — (fig) cueste lo que cueste, a toda costa

• to bear the cost of — (lit) pagar or correr con los gastos de; (fig) sufrir las consecuencias de

• to count the cost of sth/of doing sth — pensar en los riesgos de algo/de hacer algo

• to my cost — a mis expensas

it'll cost you * — te va a salir caro

whatever it costs, cost what it may — (also fig) cueste lo que cueste

it costs the earth * — cuesta un riñón, cuesta un ojo de la cara

cost accountant N — contable mf de costes or (esp LAm) costos

cost accounting N — contabilidad f de costes or (esp LAm) costos

cost analysis N — análisis m inv de costes or (esp LAm) costos

cost centre N — centro m (de determinación) de costes or (esp LAm) costos

cost control N — control m de costes or (esp LAm) costos

cost of living N — coste m or (esp LAm) costo m de la vida

cost-of-living adjustment — ajuste m del coste de la vida

cost-of-living allowance — subsidio m por coste

cost-of-living bonus — plus m de carestía de vida, prima f por coste de la vida

cost-of-living increase — incremento m según el coste de la vida

cost-of-living index — índice m del coste or (LAm) de (la) vida

cost price N — (Brit) precio m de coste or (LAm) costo

at no additional o extra cost — sin cargo adicional

to cover/cut costs — cubrir*/reducir* los gastos; (before n)

cost accounting — contabilidad f analítica de costos or (Esp) costes

at cost — ( Busn) a precio de costo or (Esp) coste, al costo (AmL)

at the cost of something — a costa or a expensas de algo

it'll cost you! — (colloq) mira que te va a salir caro!

not to look/see beyond the end of one's nose — no ver* más allá de sus (or mis etc) narices

(right) under somebody's nose — (colloq)

it was right under my nose all the time — lo tenía delante de las narices (fam)

he stole it from under our very noses — se lo robó en nuestras propias narices (fam)

to cut off one's nose to spite one's face — tirar piedras al or contra el propio tejado

to follow one's nose — ( go straight on) seguir* derecho or todo recto; ( act intuitively) dejarse guiar por la intuición

to get up somebody's nose — (BrE colloq)

that's the sort of thing that gets right up my nose — ése es el tipo de cosa que me enferma or me revienta (fam)

to keep one's nose clean — (colloq) no meterse en líos (fam)

to keep one's nose out of something — no meter las narices en algo (fam), no meterse en algo

to keep one's nose to the grindstone — trabajar duro, darle* al callo (Esp fam)

to lead somebody by the nose — tener* a alguien agarrado por las narices, manejar a alguien a su (or mi etc) antojo

to look down one's nose at somebody — mirar a alguien por encima del hombro

he looked down his nose at the idea — la idea le pareció tonta (or ridícula etc)

to pay through the nose — (colloq) pagar* un ojo de la cara or un riñón (fam)

to poke o stick one's nose in — (colloq) meter las narices en algo (fam)

to put somebody's nose out of joint — (colloq) hacer* que alguien se moleste or se ofenda

to rub somebody's nose in something — (colloq) restregarle* or refregarle* algo a alguien por las narices (fam)

to turn one's nose up at something/somebody — (colloq) despreciar algo/a alguien; (before n)

nose drops — gotas fpl nasales

to nose around o about in something — husmear or fisgonear en algo

• his nose was bleeding — le sangraba la nariz, le salía sangre de la nariz

• to have one's nose in a book — estar enfrascado en un libro

• to hold one's nose — (lit) taparse la nariz

• to talk or speak through one's nose — ganguear, hablar con voz gangosa

she paid through the nose (for it) — le costó un ojo de la cara *, pagó un dineral (por ello) *

to make sb pay through the nose — hacer pagar a algn un dineral *

who asked you to poke your nose in? — ¿quién te manda meter las narices * or meterte en esto?

he's always poking his nose (in) where it's not wanted — siempre está metiendo las narices or metiéndose en lo que no le incumbe *

under sb's nose: it's right under your nose — lo tienes delante de las narices *

she did it under his very nose or right under his nose — lo hizo delante de sus narices

to win by a nose — [horse] ganar por una nariz; (fig) ganar por los pelos

nose cone N — [of missile] ojiva f; [of racing car] cabeza f separable

nose drops NPL — gotas fpl para la nariz

nose job * N —

nose ring N — [of animal] argolla f (en el hocico); [of person] pendiente m en la nariz

nose stud N — piercing m de or en la nariz

not to look/see beyond the end of one's nose — no ver* más allá de sus (or mis etc) narices

(right) under somebody's nose — (colloq)

it was right under my nose all the time — lo tenía delante de las narices (fam)

he stole it from under our very noses — se lo robó en nuestras propias narices (fam)

to cut off one's nose to spite one's face — tirar piedras al or contra el propio tejado

to follow one's nose — ( go straight on) seguir* derecho or todo recto; ( act intuitively) dejarse guiar por la intuición

to get up somebody's nose — (BrE colloq)

that's the sort of thing that gets right up my nose — ése es el tipo de cosa que me enferma or me revienta (fam)

to keep one's nose clean — (colloq) no meterse en líos (fam)

to keep one's nose out of something — no meter las narices en algo (fam), no meterse en algo

to keep one's nose to the grindstone — trabajar duro, darle* al callo (Esp fam)

to lead somebody by the nose — tener* a alguien agarrado por las narices, manejar a alguien a su (or mi etc) antojo

to look down one's nose at somebody — mirar a alguien por encima del hombro

he looked down his nose at the idea — la idea le pareció tonta (or ridícula etc)

to pay through the nose — (colloq) pagar* un ojo de la cara or un riñón (fam)

to poke o stick one's nose in — (colloq) meter las narices en algo (fam)

to put somebody's nose out of joint — (colloq) hacer* que alguien se moleste or se ofenda

to rub somebody's nose in something — (colloq) restregarle* or refregarle* algo a alguien por las narices (fam)

to turn one's nose up at something/somebody — (colloq) despreciar algo/a alguien; (before n)

nose drops — gotas fpl nasales

to nose around o about in something — husmear or fisgonear en algo