charge the earth
cost the earth = charge the earth = pay the earth
cost {or charge or pay) a large amount of money - British informal
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come back to earth = come back down to earth = bring someone back to earth = bring someone back down to earth
return or make someone return suddenly to reality after a period of daydreaming or euphoria
2003 - Guardian - When you start to believe you're in with a shout, the big boys have a nasty habit of bringing you down to earth with a bump.
the earth moved = did the earth move for you?
you had {or did you have?) an orgasm – humorous
go to earth
go into hiding
Go to earth is used literally of a hunted animal hiding in a burrow or earth.
like nothing on earth
very strange – informal
1994 - Mixmag - Once in a blue moon, a record tumbles down from the vinyl mountain that sounds like nothing on earth and completely knocks you for six.
promise someone the earth = promise someone the moon
promise something that is unattainable – British
1998 - New Scientist - Scientists tend to promise taxpayers the moon and then not deliver.
run someone to earth = run something to earth
find someone or something usually after a long search
This is an idiom from hunting, especially foxhunting…its literal meaning being chase a hunted animal to its lair and corner it there.
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