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Saturday, July 25, 2009

Money idioms

Idioms used in English that involve money.
To cost a lot of money
to break the bank: "I can't afford a skiing holiday this winter – it would break the bank."
to cost an arm and a leg: "It costs an arm and a leg to buy all these Christmas presents."
to pay through the nose: "They had to pay through the nose to get their son insured to drive."
to splash out on something = to pay a lot for an important event: "They're splashing out on their anniversary this year."
To be rich
to be loaded: "He works in the City and he's loaded!"
to be sitting on a small fortune / goldmine: "She will inherit everything. She's sitting on a goldmine!"
to have money to burn: "I've just received a bonus and I have money to burn!"
To be poor
to not have a bean to rub together: "Those two don't earn enough money. They don't have a bean to rub together."
to be as poor as church mice: "His family have always been as poor as church mice."
to be skint = British slang that means having no money: "Can you lend me some money until next Friday? I'm skint!"
to be broke: "She's always broke at the end of the month."
to scrimp and save = to make as many economies as you can to save money: "His parents scrimped and saved to send him to university."
To not want to spend money
a scrooge = Scrooge was a Dickens character, famous for being mean: "Why don't you want to buy her a leaving present? You're such a scrooge."
a skinflint = someone who doesn't want to spend money: "She reuses tea bags – she's such a skinflint!"
tight-fisted: "One reason he has so much money is that he's so tight-fisted!"
Other idioms
to have more money than sense = to have a lot of money which you waste rather than spend carefully: "He just bought another camera – he has more money than sense."
to burn a hole in your pocket = to not be able to stop spending money: "He can't just go out window-shopping. Money burns a hole in his pocket."
Money for old rope = an easy source of income: "He sells bunches of flowers he has grown himself. It's money for old rope."
make a fast buck = to make money quickly and sometimes dishonestly: "He made a fast buck selling those shares. I wonder if he had insider knowledge."
Ten a penny = very common: "These scarves are ten a penny in the markets here."

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