Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is break the bank and its meaning is “to cost a lot of money; to cost more money than what one can afford; to require more money than you have”.
Example Sentence: The Indian Premier League (IPL), by design, doesn’t quite lend itself to European football-like sports fandom… Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and its ultra-passionate support base militate against this idea… The man who is singularly responsible for such mania is M.S. Dhoni. Ever since the franchise broke the bank at the inaugural 2008 auction to sign him for a then record $1.5 million, Dhoni has occupied the highest position in the CSK totem pole.
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Courtesy: The Hindu
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