idiom "money"

• pay through the nose


  pay an arm and a leg for sth = cost a fortune = break the bank = cost the earth = pay over the odds
• in the red


  in debt
• in the black


  profitable
• Expressions related to financial struggle


  • scrimp and save
  • tide sb over
  • tight fisted
  • feel the pinch
  • make ends meet
  • keep the wolf from the door
  • keep one's head above the water
  • financial struggle
• Expressions related to having money

  • have money to burn
  • money talks
  • money is no object
  • rolling in money/dough/cash
  • made of money
  • as rich as croesus
  • live high on/ off the hog
  • well-to-do
  • in the lap of luxury
• Expressions related to being thrifty


  • stretch your dollar
  • penny pincher
  • count one's pennies
  • tighten one's belt
  • live within one's means
• Expressions related to spending money

  • blow one's money
  • live beyond one's means
  • Spend yourself in a hole
• penny wise and pound foolish


  tham bát bỏ mâm
• feel like a million bucks


  look/ feel good
• rainy day fund


  save for emergencies
• on the breadline


  poor
• cook/fiddle the books


  to change numbers dishonestly in the accounts (= financial records) 
• get one's money's worth 


  to receive good value for something you have paid for
• earn one's keep


  work in return for food and accommodations.
• get one's fingers burnt


  loss of money
• have one's money in the till


  steal money from where you work
• to not have a bean

  no money
• lose one's shirt


  lose (all) money/possession
• for a song


  cheaply