costar un huevo

1.
SpainLatin Americawidespreadcolloquialvulgarinformal
- To be very expensive; to cost a lot of money.
- To be very difficult or demanding; to require much effort or trouble.

Examples:

ES: - Eso espero. Si no, va a costar un huevo hacerle la autopsia.
EN: Otherwise that autopsy's going to be a bitch.
ES: Debe costar un huevo.
EN: MUST'VE COST A LOT.
ES: Pero te va a costar un huevo.
EN: But it'll cost you big time!
ES: Te va a costar un huevo, amigo.
EN: You'll regret this.
ES: Va a costar un huevo arreglarlo y ahora no tiene dinero.
EN: It's going to cost bare money to repair and he ain't got it right now.