Money

Question 1

bail me out

Answer 1

help a person or organization to get out of difficulty by giving them money

Question 2

run through

Answer 2

spend a lot very quickly

Question 3

coughed up

Answer 3

provide money often unwillingly

Question 4

work off

Answer 4

reduce the size of debt by earning money to pay for it

Question 5

gobble up

Answer 5

uses a lot of sth, especially money

Question 6

break into (savings)

Answer 6

start to use an amount of money that you have been saving

Question 7

put by

Answer 7

save in order to spend later

Question 8

set sb back

Answer 8

cost a particular amount of money, usually a large amount

Question 9

cleaned sb out

Answer 9

you used all the money you had on it

Question 10

square up

Answer 10

pay sb back the money you owe them

Question 11

came into (some money recently)

Answer 11

got money from sb who died

Question 12

rolling in

Answer 12

money arriving in large amounts

Question 13

to be carried forward

Answer 13

transfer money into another month

Question 14

ploughing back

Answer 14

putting money that you have earned into a business in order to make business bigger or better

Question 15

to put aside

Answer 15

save money for a particular purpose

Question 16

be/living on a breadline

Answer 16

be very poor

Question 17

live in the lap of luxury

Answer 17

live an extremely comfortable life bc you have a lot of money

Question 18

well off/ well-to-do/ well-heeled

Answer 18

having plenty of money

Question 19

spend money like water

Answer 19

spend too much, often without thinking ab it

Question 20

tighten your belt

Answer 20

to spend less than you did before bc you have less money

Question 21

making a killing

Answer 21

earn a lot of money very easily

Question 22

to be a money spinner

Answer 22

be a successful way of making money

Question 23

pay through the nose

Answer 23

pay a lot of money

Question 24

sth is a rip-off

Answer 24

sth it is not worth the money you paid for it

Question 25

a small fortune

Answer 25

a lot of money

Question 26

to pick up the tab/bill

Answer 26

to pay for sth that is not your responsibility

Question 27

a considerable price

Answer 27

by sacrificing a lot or by doing sth unpleasant in order to get it

Question 28

to put paid to

Answer 28

stopped sb from doing sth they were planning to do

Question 29

pay the price for

Answer 29

experiencing the unpleasant consequence of sth