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1. A small place to live, stay or work in. 2. A cash machine. inizia ad imparare		hole in the wall When you need cash you usually can't find the stupid hole in the wall anywhere.
A business or a part of a business that always makes a lot of profit. inizia ad imparare		cash cow That new dish is a real cash cow for the restaurant.
A job that is an easy way of earning money. inizia ad imparare		money for old rope This work is money for old rope to me.
A lot of money. inizia ad imparare		pots of money Some of my friends have pots of money.
A small amount of money that you earn and spend on things for yourself. inizia ad imparare		pin money I don't work for a living, I work to have pin money.
Activity that allows people to become very rich without having to make any effort. inizia ad imparare		licence to print money A job of a top model is like a licence to print money.
As much money to spend as is wanted or needed. inizia ad imparare		blank cheque When I go shopping I wish I had a blank cheque.
Counterfeit money, or money from dishonest activities. inizia ad imparare		funny money If try to pay with funny money you may be thrown to prison.
Extremely poor inizia ad imparare		dirt poor Many people in Africa are dirt poor.
Extremely rich inizia ad imparare		filthy rich There very few people who are filthy rich.
If something is poor quality you can't do much to improve it. inizia ad imparare		You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. I know you've tried to educate him, but you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. He just has rough manners.
If you say the penny drops, you mean that you have finally understood something. inizia ad imparare		the penny drops I always thought there was something wrong with her, the penny dropped when I saw her drunk on the street.
Money earned with very little work or effort. inizia ad imparare		easy money Some people think being a writer is easy money.
Money from a special bank account which is used to buy goods and services over the Internet by sending information from your computer inizia ad imparare		e-cash E-cash is very convenient when shopping via internet.
Money gives power and influence. inizia ad imparare		money talks He was first sentenced to death, but then released. I suppose money talks.
Money in the form of coins or notes paper money inizia ad imparare		hard cash You usually need hard cash to buy a newspaper.
Money isn't that easy to come by. inizia ad imparare		Money doesn't grow on trees. I can't buy you that shirt, money doesn't grow on trees, you know.
Money owed that is not likely to be paid. inizia ad imparare		bad debt I don't lend money, I'm afraid of bad debts that will never be paid back.
Money spent by people who are homosexual, especially on entertainment. inizia ad imparare		the pink pound This city lives mainly on the pink pound.
Money that has been gained from the death of another person. inizia ad imparare		blood money Blood money is not the money you would like to earn.
Money that is available to spend. inizia ad imparare		ready cash I have a lot of savings but very little ready cash.
Not to be too expensive inizia ad imparare		not to break the bank Oh, come on! Ice-cream won't break the bank.
Something or someone you can be sure of. inizia ad imparare		to bank on something/someone I know, I can always bank on my family.
Something we say which means that stupid people spend money without thinking about it enough. inizia ad imparare		A fool and his money are soon parted. Little children don't know how to deal with money, so they spend a lot. But it's very well known: A fool and his money are soon parted.
To spend too much. inizia ad imparare		to spend money like water I have to stop spending money like water or I'll find myself robbing Peter to pay Paul.
The opposite view of something. inizia ad imparare		the other side of the coin The other side of the coin is that I really like the place.
To allow more money to be spent. inizia ad imparare		to loosen the purse strings Come in! It's holiday time, we can loosen the purse strings.
To arrive at a place or event where you are not wanted. inizia ad imparare		to turn up like a bad penny I thought I was invited to the wedding reception, but I turned up like a bad penny.
To ask someone what they are thinking about. inizia ad imparare		a penny for your thoughts You are daydreaming, a penny for your thoughts.
To be very expensive inizia ad imparare		to cost a pretty penny Wow! These flowers must have cost you a pretty penny!
To borrow money from one person to pay back the money you borrowed from someone else. inizia ad imparare		to rob Peter to pay Paul If you rob Peter to pay Paul you'll eventually get into trouble.
To control the spending of a family's or an organization's money inizia ad imparare		to hold the purse strings Our mother is the one who holds the purse strings in our family.
To discover something very valuable or very useful. inizia ad imparare		to hit pay dirt I was very poor and then I found a wonderful job, I hit pay dirt.
To follow up on words with action. inizia ad imparare		to put your money where your mouth is You say we should help the old, you'd better put your money where your mouth is and go visit your mother.
To get into a lot of trouble. inizia ad imparare		to have the devil to pay If you break our mother's favourite vase, you'll have the devil to pay.
To go to the toilet. inizia ad imparare		to spend a penny Excuse me, I have to spend a penny.
To have a lot of money to spend on things that are not necessary. inizia ad imparare		money to burn Well, I only buy things that are necessary, I don't have money to burn.
To have no money. inizia ad imparare		to be broke I can't go to the club with you, I'm broke.
To make lot of money very easily, often because someone else has been stupid. inizia ad imparare		to laugh all the way to the bank John laughed all the way to the bank, but in fact he stole the idea.
To pay a lot of money for something inizia ad imparare		to pay top dollar You needn't have bought me such an expensive present, you've probably paid top dollar for it.
To pay for yourself rather than allow someone else to pay inizia ad imparare		to pay your way I always pay my way on a first date.
To pay too much money for something. inizia ad imparare		to pay through the nose We shouldn't have bought this house, we paid through the nose for it.
To put a lot of money or effort into something. inizia ad imparare		in for a penny, in for a pound Don't give up, remember: in for a penny, in for a pound.
To reduce the amount of money that can be spent inizia ad imparare		to tighten the purse strings I lost my job and therefore I have to tighten the purse strings.
To risk everything in order to achieve the result you want. inizia ad imparare		to go for broke Taking this job and moving to another town I went for broke.
To spend money, especially in an obvious and careless way, on things that are not necessary. inizia ad imparare		to throw money around If you are a student you don't throw money around.
To steal money from the place where you work. inizia ad imparare		to have your fingers in the till He was caught having his fingers in the till and was fired.
To suddenly become rich inizia ad imparare		to strike it rich Everybody wants to strike it rich someday.
Very poor inizia ad imparare		as poor as a church mouse When we were very young we were as poor as church mice, but we were very happy.
Win all the money at a casino gambling table. inizia ad imparare		to break the bank Every gambler hopes to break the bank someday.

Money – English idioms and sayings

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