GoEnglish.com Idioms & Phrases keyword page"Money" Idioms & Phrases with "Money"
keyword: Money A Fool And His Money Are Easily Parted » (foolish people lose money easily...) A Fool And His Money Are Soon Parted » (foolish people lose money easily; it is foolish to waste money...) Fork Money Out For Something » (to pay for something when you don't want to pay...) In The Money » (have a lot of money; become rich...) Money Does Not Grow On Trees » (earning money takes a lot of hard work...) Money Is The Root Of All Evil » (wanting more money causes people do very bad things...) Set Someone Back Some Amount Of Money » (one had to pay that amount of money; it cost that much...) Time Is Money » (time is valuable; wasting time has the same result as wasting money...) A Penny Saved Is A Penny Earned » (saving money is just as important as earning money...) Balance The Books » (make sure the money spent is not more than the money earned...) Breaking Even » (getting back the same amount of money that you spend...) Breaking The Bank » (spending more money than you have...) Bring Home The Bacon » (make money to support the family...) Bringing Home The Bacon » (earning money and taking it home for the family...) Cutting Corners » (spending less money and doing cheaper quality work...) Delivering The Goods » (give them what they paid money to get...) Do Something For A Living » (the work you do to earn the money to pay your expenses...) Doing All Right For Yourself » (making money and succeeding at your work and in your life...) Expense Is No Object » (do not worry about the cost; I can pay a lot of money for it...) Extend Someone Credit » (allow a customer to pay at a future time for goods given now; lend someone money to be paid back later...) Extending Credit » (allow a customer to pay at a future time for goods given now; lend someone money to be paid back later...) Feed The Kitty » (you must put money into the "kitty" if you want to gamble while playing cards...) Feel The Pinch » (one has less money to spend because of hard times...) Flat Broke » (having no money at all...) Float A Loan » (put up an amount of money to be loaned...) For Chicken Feed » (for almost no money...) For Free » (it does not require any money...) Get Along On A Shoestring » (be able to live while spending very little money...) Give A Blank Check To Someone » (give someone the freedom to spend as much money as they think they need...) In Debt » (one owes money; one has borrowed money but not yet paid it back...) Jump Bail » (one has given money to the court to get out of jail temporarily, then one runs away...) Laughing All The Way To The Bank » (one is happy because one got a lot of money...) Line One's Own Pockets » (keep the money for oneself...) Live Beyond One's Means » (spend more money than one is able to earn...) On A Shoestring » (while spending very little money...) On Credit » (paid for by borrowing money; one buys the thing now and will pay later...) Out Of Pocket Expenses » (one has to pay with one's own money...) Penny-Wise, Pound-Foolish » (cautious with small amounts of money, but careless with larger amounts...) Riding The Gravy Train » (getting money from...) Save Up For Something » (save money for the future...) Stick em Up » (put your hands up in the air, I am going to take your money...) Take Out A Loan » (borrow money from a bank...) Take Someone To The Cleaners » (take all of that person's money...) Well Off » (more polite way to say that someone has a lot of money...)
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