Collection of money-themed idioms

Collection of money-themed idioms

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EnglishTop will classify Idioms according to different topics. And this time it will be Idioms on the topic of Money

Collection of money-themed idioms

1. To break the bank: It costs a lot of money.

For example:

I can't afford a skiing holiday this winter - it would break the bank.

2. To cost an arm and a leg: Very expensive.

For example:

It costs an arm and a leg to buy all these Christmas presents.

3. To pay through the nose: Paying too high a price

For example:

They had to pay through the nose to get their son insured to drive.

Collection of money-themed idioms

4. To splash out on somethingHaving to pay a lot of money for an important event

For example:

They're splashing out on their anniversary this year.

5. To be loaded: Very rich

For example:

He works in the City and he's loaded!

6. To be sitting on a small fortune/ goldmine: About to be rich

For example:

She will inherit everything. She's sitting on a goldmine!

7. To have money to burn: Have money to spend

For example:

I've just received a bonus and I have money to burn!

Collection of money-themed idioms

8. To not have a bean to rub together:Not a penny in pocket

For example:

Those two don't earn enough money. They don't have a bean to rub together.

9. To be as poor as church mice:Desperately poor

For example:

His family has always been as poor as church mice.

10. To be skint: Penniless

For example:

Can you lend me some money until next Friday? I'm skint!

11. To be broke: Out of money

For example:

She's always broke at the end of the month.

12. To scrimp and save: Live frugally

For example:

His parents scrimped and saved to send him to university.

13. A scrooge: A stingy, stingy person

For example:

Why don't you want to buy her a leaving present? You're such a scrooge.

14. A skinflint: A stingy, stingy person

For example:

She reuses tea bags - she's such a leather flint!

Collection of money-themed idioms

15. Tight-fisted: Stingy

For example:

One reason he has so much money is that he's so tight-fisted!

16. To have more money than sense: Waste of money

For example:

He just bought another camera - he has more money than sense.

17. To burn a hole in your pocket: Wasteful spending

For example:

He can't just go out window-shopping. Money burns a hole in his pocket.

18. Money for old rope: Money for jam

For example:

He sells bunches of flowers he has grown himself. It's money for old rope.

19. Make a fast buck: Earn money quickly and sometimes unjustly

For example:

He made a fast buck selling those shares. I wonder if he had insider knowledge.

20. Ten a penny: Very popular

For example:

These scarves are ten a penny in the markets here.

Above are the Idioms about money. Let's EnglishTop Continue to explore idioms on other topics. Wish you good study.