Thẻ ghi nhớ: Idioms with Money | Quizlet

be (stone) broke

= hard-up

= be skint

= live on the breadline

= not have two pennies to rub together

= without a penny to one's name

have no money

have money to burn

= be made of money

to have a lot of money

in the red

nợ nần

in the black

k nợ nần

be loaded

= be well-off

stinking / filthy rich

cực giàu

strapped (for cash) = be pushed for money

down and out

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down-at-heel

= down-at-the-heel, down-at-the-heels

wearing old clothes, or in a bad condition, because of not having much money

=> He worked in a down-at-heel café.

be rolling in it

= rake in

= be flush

earn or receive (a large amount of money)

to make one's pile

to become rich, to be successful in business

chickenfeed

a small and not important amount of money

=> ____ to / for sb/ sth

=> pay sb___________

at a price

for a lot of money:

=> She'll decorate your house however you want it - at a price.

a pretty penny

= a tidy sun

= good money

a large amount of money

cost sb the earth / a bomb / a packet

đáng giá rất nhiều tiền

daylight robbery

a situation in which you have to pay far too much money for something:

=> £6 for an orange juice? That's just daylight robbery!

rock-bottom price

gía thấp

steep (price)

đắt

=> The rent on my house is a bit cheap

set sb back

cost sb the earth / a bomb

a giveaway price

giá như cho => rẻ

=> at a giveaway price

go for a song

= go cheap

= be dirt cheap

rẻ

go halves with

pay half the cost with sb

save money for a rainy day

set aside cash for future needs

live from hand to mouth

to have just enough money to live on and nothing extra

pay through the nose

pay too much for something

lose / earn money hand over fist

kiếm / tiêu rất nhiều tiền

strike it rich

become rich suddenly and unexpectedly

=> His father struck it rich in the diamond business.

pour money down the drain

to waste money

put you money where your mouth is

hành động thay vì chỉ nói

look/feel like a million dollars/bucks

look/feel very good

=> She looks like a million bucks since she lost all that weight.

from rags to riches

from poor to rich

bread and butter

nghề mưu sinh

foot the bill

= pick up the tab / check / bill

=> ______________for sth

penny pincher

a person who is unwilling to spend money

live beyond / within one's means

tiêu xài trong / ngoài khả năng kinh tế

Money doesn't grow on trees

said to warn someone to be careful how much money they spend, because there is only a limited amount

be worth your/its weight in gold

to be very useful or helpful

not worth a dim / cent

worthless

see the colour of one's money

xem ai có đủ tiền k

come/be a poor second, third, etc.

be considered much lower in value, quality, or importance than the one, two, etc. other things or people mentioned

=> For Jackie, I'm afraid, money is always of first importance and the children come a poor second.

save up

= put by / aside

= lay away

tiết kiệm

=> ________ money

lay out

to spend

stock up on

get a large supply of something

pay off

- trả nợ = pay up

=> You have lost tthe bet. Its' time to pay up

- be successful and bring good results

=> Gambling paid off

fork out (for something) | fork out something (for/on something)

= shell out

= splash out on

spend a lot of money on something

=> Why fork out for a taxi when there's a perfectly good bus service?

cough up

to provide money for something you do not want to

pay out

to pay a large sum of money for something

pony up

= pay

=> Each guest had to pony up $40 for the meal.

dip into

to take an amount from money

=> We took out a loan for the car because we didn't want to dip into our savings.

buy up

to buy something in large amounts

live off

- receive the money you need to live from somebody/something because you do not have any yourself

She's still living off her parents.

tide sb over

to help in difficulty, especially with money

run up

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