• ilinamorato@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    “Expensive as a cast iron bridge” is a great saying. Is that something I’ve just never heard before, or did you coin the phrase?

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      8 months ago

      This is well known phrase in russian. “Стоит как чугунный мост” literally means “costs like cast iron bridge”.