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Money idioms
Idioms for being broke, being rich, and everything in between.
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make ends meet
to have just enough money to pay for what you needlittle-money
on a shoestring
using a very small budgetlittle-money
in the red
owing money because you have spent more than you havelittle-money
in the black
making a profit and free of debtplenty-of-money
rolling in it
extremely richplenty-of-moneyinformal
a cash cow
a product or business that reliably brings in a lot of moneyplenty-of-money
a nest egg
money saved for the futuresaving
a golden handshake
a large payment given to someone when they leave a jobearning
bring home the bacon
to earn the money that supports a familyearning
cost an arm and a leg
to be very expensivespending
throw money down the drain
to waste cash on something uselessspending
money doesn't grow on trees
a reminder that cash is limited and has to be earnedspending
foot the bill
to pay for something, often when you would rather notpaying
go Dutch
to share the cost of a meal or outing, each paying their own partpaying
on the house
given free by the bar or restaurantpaying