B2idiominformalmoneyIELTS-friendly
a rip-off
USUK
something that costs far more than it is really worth
Informal and very common. The verb is 'rip someone off': 'That shop ripped me off.'
In context
Two hundred thousand dong for a small coffee at the airport? What a rip-off!
Some taxi drivers charge tourists double, which is a total rip-off.
More idioms about money
- a nest eggan amount of money saved over time for the future, such as retirement
- break the bankto cost more money than you can afford
- cost an arm and a legto be very expensive
- down the drainwasted or lost completely, especially money or effort
- live beyond your meansto spend more money than you earn or can afford