Anybody else would have resorted to a market-based auction process knowing that companies would give an arm and leg for precious spectrum.

任何一个参加过以市场为主导的拍卖会的人都会知道，那些公司为得到想要的电信频率，是不惜代价的。

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Train tickets aren't the only thing costing an arm and a leg in the summer holiday.

火车票不是暑假唯一价格昂贵的东西。

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One of them had experienced having an arm and a leg paralyzed, but eventually recovered function.

其中一个人曾经有过一只胳膊或腿部麻痹的经历，但最终康复了。

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Sometimes they pay an arm and a leg for something.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

For the Lis, a small struggling telco in Malaysia may have been worth a look, but not worth an arm and leg.

CNN: Business: SingTel Wins One At Last

But I think it's probably wrong to assume that there's a real idea that this is an arm and leg on the same body.

BBC: Six Forum: Is the UK safe?

My parents would've given an arm and leg to get in.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS