'a bit extravagant' is a perfectly correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe something that is more luxurious or costly than is expected in a given situation. For example, "The decorations at the party were a bit extravagant for a small gathering like this."
That seems a bit extravagant, not to say unwise, given Boris's political appetite.
25 The order was in long before he was President, but BO thought a programme to replace his Marine One helicopter fleet at a cost of nearly $12bn a bit extravagant.
Even so, it seems a bit extravagant to blow €660m on new stadiums for a four-week tournament in a country that is just emerging from its deepest recession in three decades.In this section A Lisbon agenda Those who can't fight, train A sad legacy A common flop Sauce Hollandaise One more defenestration On the ropes What price euphoria?
Last week, I visited with Mr. Muehling in his studio, which is behind his shop at 27 Howard Street in SoHo, to talk about craft versus design, working with a new material like glass, minimalism versus the Baroque, and creating things that can be both "extremely simple and sensible" and yet "a bit extravagant and elegant," as Mr. Muehling described his work.
If some of her claims for his eminence as a writer or for his place in human psychology are a bit extravagant, well, Pepys is so captivating and her picture of his Britain so brightly drawn that you can ignore her theses and still hugely enjoy her book.
It may sound a bit extravagant for such a mundane activity, but you're taking your brain for granted right there.
I don't mind camping, but quite like the idea of something a little bit extravagant, too.' The budget: £1,000 for a week, to £1,800 for two weeks The solution: Laura Burgess from Ecoescape: 'There are no end of options for slow travel in the UK and Ireland.
A bit of extravagant exuberance, here and in "Caravanserai," would have saved the day.
In restaurants, where truffle shavings are already being showered over plates of creamy risotto or freshly buttered strands of tagliatelle, the price break is being passed on to aficionados of this pungent seasonal delicacy, making the indulgence a bit less extravagant.
The average order is $80 although, as evidenced by the shirt above, it can get a little higher if you become a bit more extravagant.
