break the bank, far-fetched, manhole covers and grates

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Philadelphia Streets Unsafe for Manhole Covers
By IAN URBINA In the past year thieves have stolen hundreds of covers and grates, which are increasingly valuable as scrap.

break the bank

humorous

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to cost too much:

It only costs $2. That's not going to break the bank.

manhole covers and grates
manhole
A covered opening in a street which provides access for cleaning and repairing of a sewer beneath, or for repairing a conduit for electric underground piping or electric cables.

manhole 
noun [C]
a covered opening in a road which a worker can enter in order to reach underground pipes, wires or drains which need to be examined or repaired:
a manhole cover
大學里號稱……最近換水溝蓋。感覺百年前的舊貨，差日本小市鎮百年。
有些市長或里長，不會選他們的。

grate¹

━━ n. （暖炉の）火格子, 火床; 暖炉; ＝grating².

這字如何翻譯
日本採音譯

不過許多國家有第2種稱呼
n. - 人孔, 檢修孔

台北市昨天驚傳人孔蓋彈爆傷人意外，位於重慶南路、和平西路口人行道的人孔蓋，因下方的台電高壓開關漏電，引燃下水道的沼氣，將人孔蓋爆開，市民張錦平不巧站在上方等紅綠燈，遭冒出的火焰灼傷腳部。

北市重慶南路、和平西路口人行道上的人孔蓋，昨因下方的台電高壓開關漏電引燃下水道沼氣，將人孔蓋爆開，灼傷一路人。 台電工程人員表示，因近日陰雨不斷，導致裝設在地底下的高壓開關絕緣效果變差，研判是台電高壓開關漏電，引燃下水道的沼氣。

• The “manhole bag,” another of Ms. Tsukioka’s inventions, is a purse that can hide your valuables by unfolding to look like a round sewer cover. These ideas might strike foreigners as far-fetched,” Ms. Tsukioka said, “but in Japan, they can become reality.”

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far-fetched
dj.
Not readily believable because of improbable elements therein: a far-Line breaks: far-fetched
Pronunciation: /ˌfɑːˈfɛtʃt/

Definition of far-fetched in English:

adjective

Unlikely and unconvincing; implausible:

the theory sounded bizarre and far-fetchedfetched analogy; a far-fetched excuse.