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The following article provides a useful list of idioms relating to Money and Finance in English with their meaning and examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>List of 150+ Useful Money and Finance Idioms and Phrases in English<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Take a beating<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> suffer damage or hurt.<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>A principle as old as ancient tribes and almost as remotely understood, diplomatic immunity is taking a beating this week.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Hit the jackpot<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to win a lot of money or have a big success<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The National Theatre hit the jackpot with its first musical, &#8220;Guys and Dolls&#8221;.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Put Your money where your mouth is<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> take action to support one&#8217;s statements or opinions.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> You say you&#8217;re on the side of the workers; why don&#8217;t you put your money where your mouth is and support the strike?<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Get a run for your money<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to give someone a run for their money<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> He&#8217;ll give those professional players a run for their money.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">On the money<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> accurate; correct.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The dollar has steadied after early losses on the money markets.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Bottom dollar<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> last dollar<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> He talks about it a lot, but I would bet my bottom dollar that he has never actually been there.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">In the hole<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> in debt.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> I was something like $16,000 in the hole already.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Beyond your means<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> they are spending more money than they can afford.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> My family always lived beyond our means so my financial habits are not very good<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Balance the books<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to make certain that the amount of money spent is not more than the amount of money received<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> We had to take money from the savings account in order to balance the books.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Cost an arm and a leg<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> be extremely expensive.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> I&#8217;d love to buy a Porsche, but they cost an arm and a leg.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Smart money<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> money bet or invested by people with expert knowledge.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The smart money is coming back into mortgages as the best investment now.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Make a killing<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to make a large profit quickly<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Ante up<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> increase what is at stake or under discussion, especially in a conflict or dispute.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Small firms that want to expand must ante up large legal fees.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Earn a living<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to earn the money needed for food, clothing, etc.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The idea that one can earn a living away from the smoke, perhaps by tele-commuting, are popularised by journalists.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">In kind<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> in the same way; with something similar.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> After recent bombings, counter-terrorist forces could retaliate in kind.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Gravy train<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> used to refer to a situation in which someone can make a lot of money for very little effort.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Their gravy train ended when the government stopped funding the research project.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Shake them down<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> use threats or search you physically in order to obtain something from you.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> People get pissed off when you shake them down.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Money is no object<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> someone is not concerned about the price of things.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Real Programmers never program COBOL, money is no object.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Hard up<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>short of money.<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>They&#8217;re not really as hard up as they say they are.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">A light purse is a heavy curse<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Life is difficult when you don&#8217;t have much money.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> A light purse is a heavy curse.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Paycheck to paycheck<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> all your money comes in and goes right back out again by the end of the month<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> We are living paycheck to paycheck and have no money left over for savings.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Cash in your chips<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to sell something such as your investments, in order to raise money.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Because his argument wasn&#8217;t convincing the committee, Tony decided to cash in his chips and go home.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Deadbeat<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> an idle, feckless, or disreputable person.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The new law is aimed at deadbeat landlords who owe $22 million.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Soft money<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> contributions made outside the limits and prohibitions of federal law.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Restrictions on soft money have been endorsed by Sen.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Cash-and-carry<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> a store where businesses and other customers can pay cash for goods at low prices and take them away instead of having them delivered.<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Linked often enough, their various connections evoked images in the media of a conspiracy involving cash-and-carry favors.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Keep the wolf from the door<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> have enough money to avert hunger or starvation (used hyperbolically).<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Their wages are barely enough to keep the wolf from the door.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Mint condition<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> a state of being like new.<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Goods up for grabs include mint condition used kids clothes, books, toys and games, along with maternity clothes.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Cash cow<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> a business, investment, or product that provides a steady income or profit.<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>But the biggest cash cow is lower &#8211; undergraduate education.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Tidy sum of money<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> a large number or amount or extent.<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>My new house cost me a tidy sum of money.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Grease their palm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> bribe (someone).<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>I greased the hostess&#8217; palm to get a table without reservation.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Break the bank<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> (in gambling) win more money than is held by the bank.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Come on! One evening at the theatre won&#8217;t break the bank.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Pennies from heaven<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> unexpected benefits, especially financial ones.<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>You need more money but you can&#8217;t rely on pennies from heaven. You&#8217;ll just have to work harder.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Golden handshake<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> a large sum of money given to an employee when they leave their job or given to persuade them to leave their job<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The directors will each get a large golden handshake and a pension.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Don\u2019t take any wooden nickels<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Do not permit yourself to be cheated or duped; do not be naive.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Pick up some flour and coffee while you&#8217;re in town and don&#8217;t take any wooden nickels.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Struggle to make ends meet<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to pay for the things that you need to live when you have little money.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> We had a hard time making ends meet.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Stinking rich<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> extremely rich<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>He&#8217;s stinking rich, and with no more talent than he ever had before.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Almighty dollar<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> often used to satirize obsession with material wealth, or with capitalism in general.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> It wants to slowly dethrone the almighty dollar as the currency of choice in most global trade deals.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Not made of money<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> someone does not have large amounts of money<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> No you can&#8217;t have another bike &#8211; I&#8217;m not made of money!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Pony up<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>to pay (a particular amount of money) for something<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>All investors had to pony up a minimum of $5000.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">A day late and a dollar short<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Too late and too feeble to achieve the desired effect<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> As my mother used to say, Dash was a day late and a dollar short: Starr hadn&#8217;t cared about the lawfulness of his behavior for a long time.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">In the red<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>spending more money than you earn<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The temperature gauge on the Studebaker was back in the red, almost to 220 again.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Throw good money after bad<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> To waste money in a fruitless attempt to recoup losses previously incurred<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> That&#8217;s where you throw good money after bad, or as the government calls it, a stimulus package.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Have sticky fingers<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to be likely to steal<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The last person we hired in the shop turned out to have sticky fingers.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">For peanuts<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> a very small amount of money<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> His discoveries included 300 uses for peanuts and 200 uses for sweet potatoes.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Buy someone off<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to give someone money so that person will help you or let you do something that is not legal<br><strong>Example<\/strong>: They tried to buy the guard at the bank off but he told the police and the gang was arrested.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Heavy money<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> A lot of money.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Further down, he found a heavy money belt.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Caught short<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> not having enough of something<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Mrs Hobbs was caught short when the newspaper boy came for his money a day early.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Live beyond your means<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to spend more money than you receive as income<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> If that&#8217;s her only income, she appears to be living beyond her means.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Money talks<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> wealth gives power and influence to those who possess it.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Money talks, and poor working people are ignored.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">A penny saved is a penny earned<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> it is wise to save money<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> A penny saved is a penny earned(or gained).<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Blank check<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> a signed cheque with the amount left for the payee to fill in<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The President was given a blank check by Congress to continue the war.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Get along on a shoestring<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> you do it with a very small amount of money<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>I wish I could go to your bachelorette party but I&#8217;m on a shoestring.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">(To) nickel and dime<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> greedily or unfairly charge (someone) many small amounts for minor services.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The banks nickle and dime you to death with all the little fees they charge you.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Cut a check<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to write a check and give it to someone.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> When the damage assessor called, he cut a check for $139.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Break even<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> reach a point in a business venture when the profits are equal to the costs.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> We&#8217;re hoping that we&#8217;ll at least break even, and perhaps make a small profit.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Pay the piper<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> To pay a monetary or other debt or experience unfavorable consequences, especially when the payment or consequences are inevitable or a result of something one has enjoyed.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> At the end of the day, those who pay the piper must call the tune.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Have money to burn\/burning a hole in your pocket<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> you are very eager to spend it<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The day I got my allowance, I hurried down to the sporting goods store, the money burning a hole in my pocket.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Mad money<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> A sum of money, often relatively small in amount, kept in reserve to use for impulsive, frivolous purposes<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Many speculator mad money during the decline of the stock market by fishing in troubled waters.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Keep our heads above water<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to just be able to manage, especially when you have financial difficulties<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>I&#8217;m not sure how much longer we&#8217;ll be able to keep our heads above water.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Tighten your belt<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> cut one&#8217;s expenditure; live more frugally.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Clearly, if you are spending more than your income, you&#8217;ll need to tighten your belt.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Cook the books<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> alter facts or figures dishonestly or illegally.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Fudge the figures; cook the books; falsify the data.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Live from hand to mouth<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to have just enough money to live on and nothing extra<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> These people live from hand to mouth on berries and roots.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Fork out\/fork over<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to pay. to hand over or use up in payment<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> I had to fork out for a cab home.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Shell out<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> pay a specified amount of money, especially an amount that is resented as being excessive.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> If play improvements are only incremental, why shell out the cash to buy a 32-bit rig or an N64?<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Chip in<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> join or interrupt a conversation by making a remark.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> His grandfather would always chip in while we were talking.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Two sides of the same coin<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Two aspects of the same thing<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Snapshots and consumer imagery were fast becoming two sides of the same coin.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Penny pincher<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> One who spends little money; one who is very frugal or cautious with money<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Tom is such penny pincher, and none likes to be with him.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Money grubber<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> a person who cares too much about getting money<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> They thought that doctors were lazy money-grubbers with time on their hands.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Rain check<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> a ticket given for later use when a sporting fixture or other outdoor event is interrupted or postponed by rain.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Mind if I take a rain check on that drink? I have to work late tonight.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Quick buck<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> easily and quickly earned money<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The rule of the quick buck often clashes with the law of human dignity.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Fast buck<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> easily and quickly earned money.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> I think people go out to make a fast buck without worrying about the consequences.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Spent a fortune<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> an extremely large amount of money<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The estate already has spent a fortune litigating the matter.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Red cent<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> the smallest amount of money.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> I wouldn&#8217;t give him one red cent for that car.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Dirt cheap<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> extremely cheap.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Such cheap goods obviously rely on dirt cheap labor.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Penny-wise and pound foolish<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Prudent and thrifty with small amounts of money, but wasteful with large amounts.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> If patient from examines blindly from the medicine, will often be penny-wise and pound foolish, will create inevitably &#8220;troublesome&#8221;.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Fool\u2019s gold<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> A mineral or other substance often mistaken for gold; mainly iron pyrite<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> That investment seemed to be a good one, but I found out that it was fool&#8217;s gold when it crashed and burned.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Bet on the wrong horse<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Guess wrongly or misjudge a future outcome<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> we obviously backed the wrong horse, or Counting on the price of IBM to rise sharply was betting on the wrong horse.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Worth its weight in gold<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> emphasizing that they are so useful, helpful, or valuable that you feel you could not manage without them<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Your grandmother&#8217;s stories are worth their weight in gold<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">By check<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> examine (something) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Payment must be by check or money order.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Color of their money<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> you are not prepared to sell them something or do something for them until they have proved that they have the money to pay for it.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> He never entered into conversation with a customer until he&#8217;d seen the colour of his money.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Float a loan<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to allow someone to borrow money from you<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> I had to float a loan to pay for the medical expenses.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Breadwinner<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> a person who earns money to support their family, typically the sole one.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> There&#8217;s another kind of breadwinner &#8211; women on their own with no regrets.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">As poor as a church mouse<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Very poor, to the point of starving or begging; utterly destitute.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Paul: I wish I had more money. I&#8217;m as poor as a church mouse.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Have the penny drop<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> used to indicate that someone has finally realized something<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> I was about to ask Jack who it was, when the penny suddenly dropped.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Pretty penny<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> A considerable amount of money; a high price or a high income.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Renovating that house will cost you a pretty penny.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">From rags to riches<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> used to describe a person&#8217;s rise from a state of extreme poverty to one of great wealth.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> These he is at pains to hide in order to promote the fiction of his rise from rags to riches.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Live within your means<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> you have enough money to cover all expenses.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Live within your means and save for a rainy day.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Dime a dozen<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> very common and of no particular value<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Novels like this one are a dime a dozen: write something original!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Close-fisted<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to spend money<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Mr. Lee, a close-fisted man, never wants to donate anything for charity.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Chicken feed<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> a ridiculously small sum of money.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The sum was chicken feed, and the more governmental corruption that went on there, the better.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">A fool and his money are soon parted<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> a foolish person spends money carelessly and will soon be penniless.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Mike likes living in style \u2013 but then a fool and his money are easily parted.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Feel the pinch<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> experience hardship, especially financial.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Local stores and businesses are beginning to feel the pinch from the economic crisis.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Monopoly money<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> money regarded as having no real existence or value.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> In the romantically primed group, the men went wild with the Monopoly money.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">I don\u2019t have two nickels\/pennies to rub together<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to have very little money.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> During college, when I didn&#8217;t have two pennies to rub together, I survived off of ramen noodles for months at a time.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Back on your feet<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to be healthy again after a period of illness<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> I had a hard time getting back on my feet after I slipped on the ice.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Two cents<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> an unsolicited opinion<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> On the foreign exchanges the pound rose two cents against the dollar to $1.52.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Bang for your buck<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> value for money.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> That restaurant is great, and the prices are very reasonable\u2014you get a lot of bang for your buck.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Make a buck<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> trying to earn some money<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The owners don&#8217;t want to overlook any opportunity to make a buck.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Get off scot-free<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to not get the punishment that is deserved<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> When the offenders of the law get off scot-free and the undeserved get rewards, it goes without saying that the state is heading toward destruction.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">He who pays the piper calls the tune<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> the person who provides the money for something has the right to determine how it&#8217;s spent.<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>At the end of the day, though, their company is paying for the study, and he who pays the piper calls the tune.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Lose money hand over fist<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> you make or lose a lot of money very quickly<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Companies around the world are losing money hand over fist as oil prices continue to plummet.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Front money<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> money that is paid in advance for a promised service or product.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> I put up a lot of front money and have nothing to show for it.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">One man\u2019s trash is another man\u2019s treasure<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> that something that one person considers to be of no value or useless may be valuable or useful to someone else.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> A: &#8220;I really don&#8217;t understand the appeal of Jackson Pollock paintings\u2014they just look like splatters of paint to me!&#8221; B: &#8220;Eh, one man&#8217;s trash is another man&#8217;s treasure.&#8221;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Take the money and run<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> To accept or be satisfied with what one has earned, achieved, or accumulated in some activity, endeavor, or arrangement and refrain from trying to improve the terms.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> I knew it wasn&#8217;t the best contract I could possibly get, but it would be easy enough to do, so I decided to take the money and run.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Give someone a run for their money<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> To challenge one&#8217;s ability, fortitude, or patience.<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Don&#8217;t underestimate our opponents today &#8211; I think they&#8217;ll give us a run for our money.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Squirrel away<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> To hide, reserve, or hoard something for future use. A noun or pronoun can be used between &#8220;squirrel&#8221; and &#8220;away.&#8221;<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The mortgage traders offset the losses with profits they had squirreled away for a rainy day.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Easy money<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> money obtained by dubious means or for little work<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Making easy money has always been an attractive proposition.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Pour money down the drain<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> spoiled or wasted<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> I don&#8217;t know why you pour money down the drain on such useless things.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Free and clear<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> without owing any money<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> After paying on it for five years, I finally own my car free and clear!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Take It to the bank<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Something or an event will most definitely, securely, without a doubt, guaranteed will happen.<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>I heard from a very reliable source that this company is about to close &#8211; you can take it to the bank.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Pass the hat<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> collect contributions of money from a number of people for a specific purpose.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> We&#8217;re going to pass the hat round later, buy some beer and go back to their place.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Down-and-out<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> (of a person) without money, a job, or a place to live; destitute.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> A down-and-out writer sells his soul to the devil in exchange for fame and fortune.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Foot the bill<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> pay the bill for something, typically when the amount is considered large or unreasonable.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The program asks businesses to foot the bill for daily newspapers in the classroom.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Dime a dozen<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> very common and of no particular value<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Metaphors of Britain&#8217;s decline have been a dime a dozen in the post-war years.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">In for a penny, in for a pound<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> used to say that a person should finish what he or she has started to do even though it may be difficult or expensive.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> We can&#8217;t turn in a half-finished report, so we need to stay up all night and get it done. In for a penny, as they say.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Kickback<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> a sudden forceful recoil.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Most focus on illegal kickbacks on public works contracts.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Dollar for dollar<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Considering the amount of money something costs and its value.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The state promised to match the counties dollar for dollar to pay for services including medication, psychotherapy and residential care.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Put in your 2 cents<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to offer one&#8217;s opinion or suggestion on a particular matter, usually in a casual or informal setting<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> If I may put my two cents in, that hat doesn&#8217;t do you any favors<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Throw money around<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to spend money in a foolish or careless way.<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>He lost his job, but still seems to have plenty of money to throw around.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Other side of the coin<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> a different way of considering a situation, making it seem either better or worse than it did originally<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> I&#8217;d love to go out with you tonight, but, on the other side of the coin, I could use some extra sleep too.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Pinch pennies<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> be careful about how much one spends.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> We decided not to pinch pennies with our upcoming party.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Head over heels in debt<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Having amassed a large amount of debt.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> After I graduated from law school, I found myself head over heels in debt.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Going rate<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> The current standard or usual price, rate, or salary for something<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The going rate for freelance work is 5 an hour.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Stone broke<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> entirely without money.<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The stone broke the surface of the water.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Nickel and dime<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> greedily or unfairly charge (someone) many small amounts for minor services.<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The banks nickle and dime you to death with all the little fees they charge you.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Cash in<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>take advantage of or exploit a situation.<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Investors were storing up a lot of cash in anticipation of disaster.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Turn up like a bad penny<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to appear again in a place where you are not welcome or wanted.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> I&#8217;m sure we haven&#8217;t seen the last of your conniving cousin &#8211; he always manages to turn up like a bad penny.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Flat broke<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> not having any money at all<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Mary recalls how they were flat broke and almost living hand to mouth.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">At the drop of a dime<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> they will do it instantly, without hesitation.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> You speak as if you have such talented people at the drop of a dime.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Control the purse strings<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to make the decisions about how money is spent.<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Women control the purse strings of most families.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Go broke\/go bust<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to spend or lose all of one&#8217;s money<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The company&#8217;s about to go broke, or The producer of that movie went bust.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Worth your salt<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> good or competent at the job or profession specified.<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Any coach worth his salt would do exactly as I did.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">To take at face value<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to accept something as it appears to be rather than studying it more closely<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>I took the offer at face value.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Not for love nor money<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> it is impossible to get it or to persuade them to do it<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> You can&#8217;t get hold of those tickets for love nor money these days.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Pass the buck<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> shift the responsibility for something to someone else<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>I don&#8217;t think I can trust Fred with demanding tasks. He&#8217;s always trying to pass the buck.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Clean up<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> make someone or something clean or neat.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> We&#8217;ll go out as soon as I&#8217;ve cleaned up the kitchen.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">At a premium<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> above the usual or nominal price.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Good student accommodation is at a premium.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Go dutch<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> share the cost of something, especially a meal, equally.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> She always insists on going Dutch when they go out together.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Daylight robbery<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> blatant and unfair overcharging.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Three pounds for two sandwiches? It&#8217;s daylight robbery!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Pick up the tab\/check<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to pay a bill (such as for a meal or drinks at a bar)<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The company picked up the entire tab for my trip.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">As sound as a dollar<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Very secure and dependable<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> They&#8217;re trying to convince me that this investment is as sound as a dollar, but I have my doubts.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">You Can Take It to the Bank<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Something or an event will most definitely, securely, without a doubt, guaranteed will happen.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> I heard from a very reliable source that this company is about to close &#8211; you can take it to the bank.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Cheapskate<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> a person who is unwilling to spend money<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Don&#8217;t be such a cheapskate &#8211; it&#8217;s your turn to buy lunch.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Crunch the Numbers<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to process numbers<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Professors Wilkinson and Pickett crunch the numbers and show that the same relationship holds true for a range of social problems.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Big bucks<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> large amounts of money.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Sports stars earn big bucks for pushing everything from shoes to soft drinks.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Cash in on<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> take advantage of or exploit a situation.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The record company was trying to cash in on her fame by releasing early teenage recordings.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Jack up the price<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> To raise, increase, or accelerate; often said of prices, fees, or rates.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Companies bid low to get the first contract, assuming they can jack up the price later.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Square accounts<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to make certain that you have paid and received all the money that you owed or that others owed you<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> I should manage to square accounts with bank before the end of this month.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Heads or tales<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> this side or that side. often used in plural in tossing a coin to decide a choice, question, or stake<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Heads or tails refers to the two sides of a coin<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Bread and butter<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> a person&#8217;s livelihood or main source of income.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The mobile phone business was actually his bread and butter.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Strike gold<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> discover gold during the course of drilling or mining.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> She is the favourite to strike gold in the 400 metres hurdles.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Pay top dollar<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to pay a lot of money for something<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> People will always pay top dollar for something exclusive.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Pay your own way<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to pay for yourself rather than allowing someone else to pay. Paying money<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> I appreciate the offer to help with my tuition, but I can pay my own way!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Cut off<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> remove something using a sharp implement.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> There is always something to be cut off young trees if they are to grow well.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Strike it rich<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> acquire a great deal of money, typically in a sudden or unexpected way.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Small companies strike it rich by going public on the stock exchange.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Get Your money\u2019s worth<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to receive good value for something you have paid for<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> We certainly didn&#8217;t get our money&#8217;s worth out of that toy &#8211; it broke in a day!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Take them to the cleaners<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> take all someone&#8217;s money or possessions in a dishonest or unfair way.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The con man made a living taking people to the cleaners with his scams.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Pay a king\u2019s ransom\/pay an arm and a leg<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> a lot of money<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> These shoes cost me an arm and a leg.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Ill-gotten gains<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> things that someone has obtained in a dishonest or illegal way.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Her husband&#8217;s in the mob, so I bet her jewelry&#8217;s all ill-gotten gains.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Pay through the nose<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> pay much more than a fair price.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> You can get pretty good meals on airplanes these days, but you&#8217;re going to pay through the nose.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">As phony as a $3 bill<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Extremely phony; fake; dishonest; completely bogus.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The course claims to teach you how to get rich in a hurry, but I can tell it&#8217;s as phony as a three-dollar bill.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Rake in the money<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to earn or get a large amount of money<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> And don&#8217;t they rake in the money too?<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sock away<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to put away (money) as savings or investment.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Don&#8217;t just sock away this money under your mattress; put it in a high-interest online savings account, a certificate of deposit or a money market account.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Take up a collection<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> To request and receive money or goods of value from members of a group, especially for a charitable purpose.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Freeman wants the churches, temples and mosques in the county to take up a collection Sunday for the bank.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Money is the root of all evil<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> avarice gives rise to selfish or wicked actions.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The promise of wealth is what eventually led him to murder his own brother.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">In the black<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> it contains some money<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The man in the black overcoat shot a penetrating look at the other man.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Out-of-pocket expenses<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> having lost money in a transaction.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> when operating a vehicle, gasoline, parking fees and tolls are considered out-of-pocket expenses for a trip.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Burn a hole in your pocket<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> (of money) tempt someone to spend it quickly and extravagantly.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The day I got my allowance, I hurried down to the sporting goods store, the money burning a hole in my pocket.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Strapped for 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All that glitters is not gold, you know.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Spend a penny<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> used euphemistically to refer to a need to urinate.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> My father said not to spend a penny more than I need.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Below par<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> worse than is usual or expected.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Teaching in some subjects has been well below par.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Cold hard cash<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Money, regarded as an incentive that can override any doubts or ethical concerns.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> An increasing number of brides and grooms want cold hard cash as presents, wedding &#8211; industry insiders say.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Hush money<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> money paid to someone to prevent them from disclosing embarrassing or discreditable information.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The crooks paid Fred hush money to keep their whereabouts secret.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Cut-rate<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> offering goods at reduced prices.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The bulk of its revenues comes from selling cut-rate subscriptions to first-time subscribers.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Up the ante<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> increase what is at stake or under discussion, especially in a conflict or dispute.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The owners are constantly carping about runaway salaries, then fall over themselves to jump the gun and up the ante.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Cost a pretty penny<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to be very expensive<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> That house must have cost a pretty penny.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Rolling in money<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> be very rich.<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> He&#8217;s rolling in money! 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