Money Flashcards
bail me out
help a person or organization to get out of difficulty by giving them money
run through
spend a lot very quickly
coughed up
provide money often unwillingly
work off
reduce the size of debt by earning money to pay for it
gobble up
uses a lot of sth, especially money
break into (savings)
start to use an amount of money that you have been saving
put by
save in order to spend later
set sb back
cost a particular amount of money, usually a large amount
cleaned sb out
you used all the money you had on it
square up
pay sb back the money you owe them
came into (some money recently)
got money from sb who died
rolling in
money arriving in large amounts
to be carried forward
transfer money into another month
ploughing back
putting money that you have earned into a business in order to make business bigger or better
to put aside
save money for a particular purpose
be/living on a breadline
be very poor
live in the lap of luxury
live an extremely comfortable life bc you have a lot of money
well off/ well-to-do/ well-heeled
having plenty of money
spend money like water
spend too much, often without thinking ab it
tighten your belt
to spend less than you did before bc you have less money
making a killing
earn a lot of money very easily
to be a money spinner
be a successful way of making money
pay through the nose
pay a lot of money
sth is a rip-off
sth it is not worth the money you paid for it
a small fortune
a lot of money
to pick up the tab/bill
to pay for sth that is not your responsibility
a considerable price
by sacrificing a lot or by doing sth unpleasant in order to get it
to put paid to
stopped sb from doing sth they were planning to do
pay the price for
experiencing the unpleasant consequence of sth
