C2idiommoneyIELTS-friendly
price yourself out of the market
USUK
to charge so much that people stop buying from you
'Yourself' changes: 'priced themselves out of the market'. Also passive: 'young buyers have been priced out of the market' (they can't afford it).
In context
If you charge that much for lessons, you'll price yourself out of the market.
Some local hotels have priced themselves out of the market since the tourist boom.
More idioms about money
- a cash cowa product or business that steadily makes a lot of money
- a false economya way of saving money that ends up costing more later
- a gold minea business or thing that makes a lot of money, or a rich source of something
- a golden handshakea large sum of money paid to someone when they leave a job
- a money pitsomething, often a house or car, that costs you much more money than it is worth