Idioms using Money – 3

cheapskate

MEANING: a person who will not spend much money, a stingy person

EXAMPLE: My friend is a cheapskate and won’t even go to a movie with me.

 

chicken feed

MEANING: a small amount of money

EXAMPLE: His son always wants to borrow money and says that it is only chicken feed but little by little it adds up to a lot of money.

 

chip in

MEANING: contribute money or pay jointly

EXAMPLE: Everyone in our company chipped in some money to buy a wedding present for our boss.

 

clean up

MEANING: make a lot of money, make a big profit

EXAMPLE: I cleaned up at the horse races last year and still have some of the money left.

 

cold hard cash

MEANING: cash, coins and bills

EXAMPLE: I paid for the stereo in cold hard cash.

 

cook the books

MEANING: illegally change information in accounting books in a company

EXAMPLE: The accountant was cooking the books for over a year before he was caught.

 

cut-rate

MEANING: sell for a price lower than usual

EXAMPLE: We went to a cut-rate furniture store to buy some new furniture for our apartment.

 

deadbeat

MEANING: person who never pays the money he owes

EXAMPLE: Recently the government has been making an effort to solve the problem of deadbeat dads who don’t support their families.

 

dime a dozen

MEANING: easy to get and therefore of little value

EXAMPLE: Used computers are a dime a dozen and have very little value.

 

down and out

MEANING: have no money

EXAMPLE: My friend was down and out for several years before he got a job and started making money.

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