VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Make a fast buck

Meaning:

to earn money without much effort.

Examples:

  • Anything to make a fast buck.
  • Not to make a fast buck.
  • But it may also be that the millennium problem exists mainly in people's heads, planted there by software manufacturers eager to make a fast buck.
  • The first factor is that animals and products of animal origin can be transported with complete freedom - or should I say unaccountability - throughout the world nowadays, thanks to the globalisation demanded by big business looking for ways to make a fast buck.
  • At the same time though, we should not shy away from sacred cows in this report, namely the World Cup, for major events such as these have a habit of attracting criminals who want to make a fast buck at the expense of women and children.