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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