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Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Oddities of American English and British English

The Americans say, It's a steal. The British would say: It's a bargain; or It costs peanuts.

The opposite in British English would be: It costs an arm and a leg.

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and language teacher.