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Give In The Loop 280 One’s Body Part For/To I Car

Id in_the_loop_280
Idiom GIVE (ONE’S) RIGHT (BODY PART) FOR/TO DO (SOMETHING)
Definition to want something very much
Examples
  1. I want that car so badly. I’d give my right arm for that car.
  2. Veronica wants so badly to spend her vacation on the beach, she said she’d give her right leg to go to Hawaii.
Extra Info

The expression suggests that one wants something so much that one is willing to give an essential part of one’s body for it.

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