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Using Idioms Talking About Money

Hello everybody !
I would like to give you some idioms talk about money, you can use this idiom every time you need. I hope it’s can help you to improve your English ability. Enjoy it!



Bread and Butter
The idiom bread and butter refers to one’s source of income. A person makes bread and butter with his or her jobs, businesses or other sources of earnings.
Vanessa  does some freelance as a secretary in the  office, but singing in the cafe  is her bread and butter.
Break the Bank
An idiom that can mean to use up all of one’s money is break the bank. This idiom can also mean to win all the money at a gambling table.
My father  broke the bank at the casino and walked away with a lot of money.

Buy off
 give money to someone to stop them from doing their duty
They tried to buy off the politician but he refused to go along with their plan.

Calculated risk
 an action that may fail but has a good chance to succeed
They took a calculated risk when they introduced the new Android onto the market.

Cash in your chip
exchange or sell something to get some money
She decided to cash in her chips to get some money to go back to school.



Give someone the green light
give permission to go ahead with a project
Our boss gave us the green light to begin work on the new sales promotion.

Hard sell
sell something by being very aggressive
The  salesman gave us a hard sell so we decided to go to another  shop.

Hard up
not have much money
 Lisa is hard up for money  now and always wants to borrow some of my things.

Hit the jackpot
make a lot of money suddenly
We hit the jackpot at the casino and came home with a lot of money.

Lose your shirt
lose all or most of your money
My boss  lost his shirt in a business furniture and now he has no money.

By           : Zsal Zsabila




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