filthy rich
Meaning: extremely rich.
Example: To be filthy rich means that you can choose and buy whatever you want; window shopping is for the less fortunate. Read more ➺
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push the boat out
Meaning: to be extravagant or spend a lot of money on something, particularly for a celebration.
Example: Let us push the boat out and celebrate the win with a fancy dinner tonight. Read more ➺
catch a cold
Meaning: experience challenges and difficulties.
Example: Brian tried the offshore education business, but he caught a cold after the first month and has still shown no signs of growth. Read more ➺
cut your coat according to your cloth
Meaning: adapt to one's circumstances; make sure one's plans are appropriate to one's resources.
Example: Of course, we'd love a luxurious car, but you have to cut your coat according to your cloth. Read more ➺
at a discount
Meaning: not valuable or worth anything.
Example: Freedom fighters are at a discount in present politics. Read more ➺
coin money
Meaning: to accumulate wealth rapidly.
Example: My knowledge of ICT technology could help me coin money. Read more ➺
ducks and drakes
Meaning: to carelessly misuse one's wealth
Example: He lost his job for playing ducks and drakes with the funds of a corporation. Read more ➺
in for a penny, in for a pound
Meaning: to complete a task, no matter what it may need.
Example: In for a penny, in for a pound, we need to stay up all night and get the report done since we cannot turn it in half-finished. Read more ➺
on the money
Meaning: being right about something.
Example: What he predicted was right on the money. Read more ➺
pound of flesh
Meaning: an unreasonable demand but something that is one's legal right.
Example: If you do not pay the amount of money, I have lent you by the agreed time, I will get a pound of flesh from you in return. Read more ➺
