1. a penny for your thoughts? – what are you thinking about?
2. a pretty penny – very expensive
3. a quick buck – money which was easy to make
4. cash cow – a business/product which generates a stable flow of income/profit
5. daylight robbery – obvious, unfair overcharging
6. from rags to riches – from poverty to wealth
7. he who pays the piper calls the tune – the person who provides the money should
choose how it is spent
8. I don’t have two nickels/pennies to rub together – I am very poor
9. if I had a nickel/penny for every time this happened – this happens a lot
10. in for a penny, in for a pound – involved in seeing an undertaking through no matter
how much money, time, or effort it requires
11. mint condition – perfect condition
12. money doesn’t grow on trees – money isn’t easy to acquire
13. on the money – right about something/someone
14. one man’s trash is another’s treasure – what is worthless to one person might be
valuable to another
15. other side of the coin/two sides of the same coin – an opposing view/two people with
opposing views
16. penny pincher – a frugal person
17. strapped for cash – short of money
18. ten a penny/dime a dozen – very common
19. to cash in your chips – to die/ to sell something to gain whatever profit you can
because you suspect its value will fall
20. to cut your losses – to abandon a plan/project which is clearly going to be unsuccessful
before circumstances become worse
21. to earn a living – to make money enough money to live comfortably
22. to feel the pinch – to experience financial hardship
23. to foot the bill – to pay for everyone
