| Phrase Thesaurus (money) | Meanings |
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Money makes the world go round |
money is the most important thing in life, money solves every problem |
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Money doesn't grow on trees |
to earn money you have to work hard, you can not get free money |
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Monkey business |
dubious activities, illegal business, fooling round, silly game |
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Coin of the realm |
type of currency used by a particular country |
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Blood money |
compensation paid by an offender( usually a murderer) or his kin group to the kin group of the victim. In many societies Blood money functions to prevent the continuation of hostilities in the form of a feud. some customs allow the injured party the choice of punishing the murder by blood vengeance or Blood money. |
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A penny for your thoughts |
what are you thinking about |
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Time is money |
time is worth money, time wasted is like wasting money |
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The public purse |
public funds, national treasury |
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The penny drops |
understand slowly, only comprehended after a period of time |
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Cost an arm and a leg |
cost dearly, be very expensive |
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As safe as the Bank of England |
safe and secure, well protected |
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Born with a silver spoon in his mouth |
a person who will not have to try very hard in order to acquire material wealth |
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Dead presidents |
presidents who are now deceased, paper money, cash in the form of bank notes (slang) |
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A sugar daddy |
rich and older man who gives gifts and money to the younger woman he is wooing (informal) |
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A pretty penny |
considerable amount of money, rather large amount of money |
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Money talks |
money gets people's attention, money can be used to influence people |
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In for a penny in for a pound |
there is nothing to loose, do not start something that you can't finish |
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Penny wise, pound foolish |
capable of dealing with small things but unable to mange the large issues |
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Quid pro quo |
one thing in exchange for another, something in return for something else |
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Spend money like water |
waste money, squander money |
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Pound of flesh |
A justified but disabling request |
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Pin money |
small expenses, pocket money |
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Money to burn |
extra money, surplus cash |
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Hand to mouth |
having nothing to spare, precarious |
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Dirt cheap |
extremely Inexpensive |
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Filthy rich |
obscenely rich, so wealthy that one doesn't know what to do with the money |
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In the money |
rich, successful, wealthy, |
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Hard up |
poor, lacking money, under pressure, troubled |
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A small fortune |
considerable sum of money, a lot of money |
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Break the bank |
win everything in the fund (Roulette) |
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A bad penny |
worthless coin |
Put a cork in it
Definition: Be quiet
Could you please put a cork in it?!
Tom, put a cork in it! I can't hear what Mary is saying
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Put down
Definition: criticize someone
Jack put him down and he hasn't been the same since.
Don't put me down
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Put someone away
Definition: put in prison
They put him away for twenty years.
Jason was put away for life in prison
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Put the finger on someone
Definition: identify someone
The victim put the finger on the criminal.
She put the finger on her boss for the crime
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Put the heat / screws on someone
Definition: pressure someone to do something
He's putting the heat on me to finish the report.
Janet's really putting the screws on her husband to get a new car.
دیروز دوست عزیزی تفاوت بین دو لهجه بریتیش و امریکن را پرسیده است. فکر میکنم این سوال برای خیلی پیش بیاید برای همین جوابش رو اینجا گذاشتم.این هم جواب سوال شما آقا محسن.
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Differences Between American and British English |