Meaning: to give someone a run for their moneyExample: He'll give those professional players a run for their money.
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Bottom dollar
Meaning: last dollarExample: He talks about it a lot, but I would bet my bottom dollar that he has never actually been there.
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Beyond your means
Meaning: they are spending more money than they can afford.Example: My family always lived beyond our means so my financial habits are not very good
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Smart money
Meaning: money bet or invested by people with expert knowledge.Example: The smart money is coming back into mortgages as the best investment now.
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Make a killing
Meaning: to make a large profit quicklyExample: Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.
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Earn a living
Meaning: to earn the money needed for food, clothing, etc.
Example: The idea that one can earn a living away from the smoke, perhaps by tele-commuting, are popularised by journalists.
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Money is no object
Meaning: someone is not concerned about the price of things.Example: Real Programmers never program COBOL, money is no object.
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Hard up
Meaning: short of money.Example: They're not really as hard up as they say they are.
Meaning: to sell something such as your investments, in order to raise money.Example: Because his argument wasn't convincing the committee, Tony decided to cash in his chips and go home.
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Paycheck to paycheck
Meaning: all your money comes in and goes right back out again by the end of the monthExample: We are living paycheck to paycheck and have no money left over for savings.
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Cash-and-carry
Meaning: a store where businesses and other customers can pay cash for goods at low prices and take them away instead of having them delivered.Example: Linked often enough, their various connections evoked images in the media of a conspiracy involving cash-and-carry favors.
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Cash cow
Meaning: a business, investment, or product that provides a steady income or profit.Example: But the biggest cash cow is lower - undergraduate education.
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Stinking rich
Meaning: extremely richExample: He's stinking rich, and with no more talent than he ever had before.
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Not made of money
Meaning: someone does not have large amounts of moneyExample: No you can't have another bike - I'm not made of money!
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In the red
Meaning: spending more money than you earnExample: The temperature gauge on the Studebaker was back in the red, almost to 220 again.