English and ICT Skills for Life

Communicating In Social Contexts
Shopping | Shopping idioms
Buy a lemon
to buy something unnecessary that constantly breaks down and breaks

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Buy a pig in a poke
to buy something without looking

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The drinks are on me
to offer to pay for drinks

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Pay over the odds
to pay more than the actual cost

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Shoplift (US)
to take something without paying for it

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Buy for a song
to buy very cheaply

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Shop till you drop
to go shopping for a long time until you are exhausted

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Shopping spree
to shop a lot in a small period of time, usually with much spending of money

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That’s a rip-off
something is too expensive for what it is

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Pay through the nose
to pay way too much for something

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Retail therapy
buying or shopping can cheer you up

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