MonoMonday with a theme of chaos…

Well this area is chaotic and the scaffolding looks like proper chaos as it begins to be taken down.
Market Street is theoretically pedestrianised with tables and chairs spilling out onto the footpath and pedestrians walking in the road. But myriads of vans, trucks, cars and those with disabled stickers are allowed access; supposed to only before 10.00am. But the scaffolding and extras takes up the footpath on one side of the road and spills into the road resulting in total chaos.
It feels as if the scaffolding has been there forever; though I guess it’s only about a year and it is slowly being removed. They close the road the other side of he market on Sunday mornings to take down as much as they can. I wonder how many Sunday mornings before it’s gone!

My saying today is ‘it cost an arm and a leg’
The term "an arm and a leg" means very expensive. It is usually seen in the phrase "It costs an arm and leg."
Examples of Use:
Nice car! That must have cost an arm and a leg.
Going to university used to be free in the UK. Nowadays, it costs an arm and a leg.
Their burritos cost an arm and a leg, but they're the best in town.
This idiom originates from the Irish halfpenny coins in the 17th century. On 23rd October 1680, King Charles II patented Sir Thomas Armstrong and Colonel George Legge to manufacture copper halfpennies for use in Ireland. These coins were later used by Irish emigrants to the American colonies. The phrase "It will cost you an Arm and a Leg" (note the capital letters) was an abbreviation of the patentees' names. Therefore, this term originally meant "It will cost you a halfpenny." Over time, this evolved to "an arm and a leg," which people would have assumed meant a person's limbs, which is how the "very expensive" aspect developed.
Competing Theory
This term originates from America after World War II. During the war, many servicemen lost arms and legs. Therefore, for some, the price of the war was "an arm and a leg." Of course, this was a high price for anyone to pay for anything, and it soon came into common usage to mean "expensive."
Competing Theory
This term is an amalgamation of "I would give my right arm for something" and "Even if it takes a leg," which are ways of expressing a costly sacrifice to get something.
Competing Theory
The term "an arm and a leg" originates from how portrait painting were priced. Paintings featuring just a head and shoulders were the cheapest. Larger, full-body paintings (i.e., those with arms and legs) were far more expensive. Detractors of this theory note that the term is far more recent than when portrait paintings were fashionable.