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Money
Category Idioms: Referring to currency or a measure of wealth |
| ante up |
as poor as a church mouse |
at face value |
| ball park figure |
bang for your buck |
blow a bundle |
| blow your/his/her wad |
bring home the bacon |
burn a hole in one’s pocket |
| cash cow |
cash in |
chip in |
| cash in on |
cash on the barrelhead |
caught short |
| chicken feed |
chunk of change |
cost a pretty penny |
| cost an arm and a leg |
deep pockets |
draw in one’s horns |
| drop a bundle |
drop a bundle |
face value |
| fat cat |
flat broke |
foot the bill |
| for a song |
fork out |
fork over |
| freeload |
from hand to mouth |
from rags to riches |
| give an arm and a leg |
go broke |
go Dutch |
| gravy train |
grease one’s palm |
in kind |
| greenback |
hand to mouth |
hard up |
| have deep pockets |
highway robbery |
in deep |
| in the black |
in the hole |
in the market for |
| in the red |
itching palm |
in the hole |
| jack up |
keep books |
kickback |
| keep one’s head above water |
kick over |
lay away |
| lay out |
layaway plan |
little steep |
| live from hand to mouth |
loaded |
make a killing |
| lose one’s shirt |
make a bundle |
make a living |
| make ends meet |
money to burn |
nest egg |
| on a shoestring |
on credit |
on easy street |
| on the block |
on the dole |
on the house |
| on the make |
on the mend |
paltry sum (a) |
| pay dirt |
pay off |
pay through the nose |
| pick up the tab |
piggy bank |
pinch pennies |
| pony up |
pretty penny (a) |
prey on (upon) |
| put the bite on someone |
put up |
rake in the money |
| ring up |
rip off |
rob Peter to pay Paul |
| run through |
salt away |
scrape together |
| set (one) back |
set up |
shake down |
| shell out |
shoot one’s wad |
split the difference |
| splurge on something |
stone broke |
strapped for cash |
| strike it rich |
take a bath |
take a beating |
| take in (money) |
take someone to the cleaners |
take to the cleaners |
| tight squeeze |
tighten one’s belt |
tourist trap |
| trade something in |
two bits |
upper crust |
| well heeled |
well off |
write off |
| worth a cent |
worth one’s salt |
well to do |
