WORK AND MONEY Flashcards
Money doesn’t grow on trees
It is not easy to get money.this idiom describes the idea that someone should be careful of how they spend his or her money.
Time is money
English glorifies the importance of time and gives us the idea that once the time is lost, it cannot be regained.
Money Talks
People with money have power
Money can’t buy happiness
True happiness comes from within, not from possessions that can be bought
The best things in life are for free
We don’t have to pay for the things that are really valuable, like love, friendship and good health.
Save it for a rainy day
To save some of your money in case there are serious problems in the future.
Beggars can’t be choosers
People with no other options must be content with what is offered.
You can’t take it with you
A warning against materialism that alludes to the fact that you can’t keep your money or possessions when you die
There’s not such thing as free lunch
Nothing is really free
A fool and his money are soon parted
A foolish person spends money carelessly and will soon be penniless.
You get what you pay for
Used to say that a thing that something can be bought for a very low price probably isn’t very good.
Neither a borrower nor a lender be
One should neither borrow money from friends, risk being in debt to them and not being able to pay them back, and that they should not lend money out either. Then one might be at the risk of never retrieving one’s funds and losing friends.
Money makes the world go round
To be extremely important, so that many ordinary events could not happen without it
Money is the root of all evil / The love of money is the root of all evil
Avarice gives rise to selfish or wicked actions.
It takes money to make money
An individual or a firm must start out their initial activity with money to make more money
