La lista de Idioms mostradas a continuación, competen al ítem sobre el Dinero:
Cost an arm and a leg | Have money to burn |
Live off the backs of sb | Money for old rope |
Break the bank | Money for jam |
Laugh/cry all the way to the bank | Money talks |
Not have a bean | The smart money |
Tighten your belt | Spend money like water |
Foot the bill | Throw good money after bad |
Take a bite out sth | Throw money at sth/sb |
In the black | Not have a cent/penny to your name |
Bleed sb dry/white | Feather your nest |
On the block | A nest egg |
Hold/keep body and soul together | Pay through the nose for sth |
A brass farthing | Pay over the odds |
Bread and butter | Grease sb’s palm |
On the breadline | If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys |
A cash cow | Pinch pennies |
A fat cat | Rob Peter to pay Paul |
Not a/one red cent | Feel the pinch |
A blank cheque | Dig deep (into your pocket) |
Chicken feed | Out of pocket |
Call/cash in your chips | Line your pockets |
Take sb to the cleaners | Poor as a church mouse |
Cut your cloth | A mess of pottage |
Cut your coat according to your cloth | At a price |
The colour of sb’s money | Everyone has their price |
Earn a crust | Every man has his price |
Save for a rainy day | Hold the purse strings |
Down and out | Loosen/tighten the purse strings |
Down the drain | Quids in |
Go Dutch | Rags to riches |
A Dutch treat | Riches to rags |
Make ends meet | Bet the ranch |
Through the floor | A king’s ransom |
A fool and his money are soon parted | In the red |
Fool’s gold | Into the red |
A small fortune | Out of the red |
Strike gold | Rich as Croesus |
A gravy train | Strike it rich |
Under the hammer | Highway/daylight robbery |
Hand over fist | Go through the roof |
(live from) hand-to-mouth | Hit the roof |
Pass the hat (around) | (the love of) money is the root of all evil |
Keep your head above water | Not have two nickels/pennies |
Live high on the hog | to rub together |
Blow a hole in sth | When your ship comes in |
Burn a hole in your pocket | Put your shirt on sth |
In the hole | Lose your shirt |
Bring home the bacon | On a shoestring |
Draw/pull in your horns | Skid row |
Bleed red ink | On the slate |
Keep up with the Joneses | Wipe the slate clean |
Make a killing | A clean slate |
Live like a king | For a song |
In the lap of luxury | Pick up the tab |
A licence to print money | (down) on your uppers |
There’s no such thing as a free lunch | Keep the wolf from the door |
A meal ticket |
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Sadness - Trouble - Money - Humiliation - Drinking
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