sticker shock

noun
🔊/ˈstɪkə ʃɒk/
🔊/ˈstɪkər ʃɑːk/
[uncountable] (North American English)
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  1. the unpleasant feeling that people experience when they find that something is much more expensive than they expected价格震惊(发现价格比想象的要高得多)