The phrase "a leg for a" is not correct and seems incomplete in written English.
It may be intended to convey a concept of exchange or trade, but it lacks clarity without additional context.
Example: "He offered a leg for a favor, but it was unclear what he meant."
Alternatives: "a trade for" or "an exchange for".
"I'm happy to see you're back in business," a man in a dark business suit told Steve Harris as he lifted a leg for a brighter shine.
Getting online often means opening your Web browser and confronting a payment screen; that's where you find out that 24 hours of Internet service will cost, say, $10 or $15. (According to some twisted logic that nobody can quite explain, it's the expensive hotels that charge an arm and a leg for a service that costs them practically nothing).
There are lots of social commerce providers out there that won't charge you an arm and a leg for a good, solid platform.
Then he remembered the private ambulances in this part of town charged an arm and a leg for a transport.
"I'd trade a leg for this in a heartbeat," Ben said.
"The countries we work with can't afford journals; they're already paying an arm and a leg for textbooks".
"All those little parts on those cars, they charge an arm and a leg for them," he said.
You should only be interested in the total price, because some retailers charge sales tax and an arm and a leg for shipping.
When an aged Jacob observes a contemporary circus, he sees children carrying blinking toys: "Bet their parents paid an arm and a leg for them, too.
But picking the wrong chief executive is an enormous disaster, so boards are willing to pay an arm and a leg for already proven talent.
So why is it that an employer would readily accept these traits when there must be thousands of skilled graduates ready to give both arms and a leg for such an opportunity?
