Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “come at a cost/price“ and its meaning is “if something comes at a cost/price, it happens with the sacrifice/loss/expense of something else”.
Example Sentence: Prosperity was coming at a “devastating cost” to the ecosystems that provide humanity with food, water and clean air, said Prof Sir Partha Dasgupta, the Cambridge University economist who conducted the landmark review of the economics of biodiversity. Radical global changes to production, consumption, finance and education were urgently needed, he said.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article EU-UK negotiators to resume talks on Northern Ireland protocol, and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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