paid the earth for something
對話……

Alice: Oh no!

Beth: What’s happened?

Alice: I’m all right.

Beth: I’m not worried about you. What did you drop?

Alice: It was an accident. I’m afraid it just slipped out of my hands.

Beth: My china horse! Oh no! Have you any idea how much it cost?

Alice: I’m terribly sorry. I’ll buy you another one

Beth: Don’t be silly. You couldn’t afford one of those. I paid the earth for that.It cost the earth.

付了整個地球的價格（天價）

愛麗絲：哦，不！

貝絲：發生什麼事了？

愛麗絲：我沒事。

貝絲：我不是擔心妳，妳砸了什麼東西？

愛麗絲：這是意外，恐怕它已從我的手裡滑到地上了。

貝絲：我的骨瓷馬，不好了！妳知道這件要多少錢嗎？

愛麗絲：非常抱歉，我會另外買一個賠給妳。

貝絲：別傻了，你買不起的。我為這件東西付出了天價，差不多跟地球同價。