Money idioms Flashcards
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Go for broke
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- to risk everything in the hope of having great success
2
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To be broke
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- the state of having no or very little money
3
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To be loaded
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- to be loaded with money: very rich
4
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Break the bank.
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- to spend more money on something than you normally would
5
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To laugh all the way to the bank.
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- to be amused and gratified with a forseen victory
6
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To bank on something/someone
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- to depend on someone doing something or something
7
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A cash cow
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- something set up that is guaranteed to bring in loads of money
8
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Hard cash
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- money that is earned through the hard way or hard work
9
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Blood money
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- money acquired through killing and what not
10
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Easy money
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- a term used for a person who has a very easy job who usually doesn’t have to work hard.
11
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Funny money
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- Counterfeit or fake money
12
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Money talks
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- money talks is when you will pay a girl anything to do dirty
13
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Money to burn
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- money to spend
14
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To put your money where your mouth is
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- To want them to spend money to improve a bad situation, instead of just talking about improving it
15
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To pay through the nose for something
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- to pay too much money for something
16
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To cost an arm and a leg
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- very expensive
17
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To live from hand to mouth
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- To spend for living the money you gain the same day
18
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To be born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth
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- born in a rich family
19
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To bring home the bacon
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- the one that provides the money in the family
20
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A penny for your thoughts
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- worthless
21
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A pretty penny
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- a significant amount of money, or a high price on something
22
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A penny pincher
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- a stingy person
23
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to feel the pinch
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- to experience the effects of having less money
24
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Dirt poor
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- Having no money
25
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Filthy rich
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- to have an abundance of money and wealth
26
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to foot the bill
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- meaning to have to pay the entire amount of the expenses for the meal,trip,entertainment, etc.
27
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to earn a crust
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- you earn enough money to live on, especially by doing work you would prefer not to do.
28
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Money’s tight (at the moment)
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- we don’t have much money, we must be careful about expenditure
29
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To be really tight when it comes to money.
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- Cheap
30
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To hold the purse strings
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- to be in control of finances, to be responsible for spending money
