(MONEY)

A day late and a dollar short
If something is a day late and a dollar short, it is too little, too late.
A fool and his money are soon parted
This idiom means that people who aren’t careful with their money spend it quickly. ‘A fool and his money are easily parted’ is an alternative form of the idiom.
Bet your bottom dollar
If you can bet your bottom dollar on something, you can be absolutely sure about it.
Big bucks
If someone is making big bucks, they are making a lot of money.
Daylight robbery
If you are overcharged or underpaid, it is a daylight robbery; open, unfair and hard to prevent.
Feel the pinch
If someone is short of money or feeling restricted in some other way, they are feeling the pinch.
For my money
This idiom means ‘in my opinion’.
From rags to riches
Someone who starts life very poor and makes a fortune goes from rags to riches.
Go bust
If a company goes bust, it goes bankrupt.
Golden handshake
A golden handshake is a payment made to someone to get him to leave their job.
Golden rule
The golden rule is the most essential or fundamental rule associated with something.
Heart of gold
Someone with a heart of gold is a genuinely kind and caring person.
In for a penny, in for a pound
If something is worth doing then it is a case of in for a penny, in for a pound, which means that when gambling or taking a chance, you might as well go the whole way and take all the risks, not just some.
Make a killing
If you make a killing, you do something that makes you a lot of money.
Make a mint
If someone is making a mint, they are making a lot of money.
Mint condition
If something is in mint condition, it is in perfect condition.
Money laundering
If people launder money, they get money made illegally into the mainstream so that it is believed to be legitimate and clean.
Money to burn
If someone is very rich, they have money to burn.
Out of your own pocket
If someone does something out of their own pocket, they pay all the expenses involved.
Pay on the nail
If you pay on the nail, you pay promptly in cash.
Penny wise, pound foolish
Someone who is penny wise, pound foolish can be very careful or mean with small amounts of money, yet wasteful and extravagant with large sums.
Pick up the tab
A person who pays for everyone picks up the tab.
Pin money
If you work for pin money, you work not because you need to but because it gives you money for extra little luxuries and treats.
Rough diamond
A rough diamond is a person who might be a bit rude but who is good underneath it all.
Spend a penny
This is a euphemistic idiom meaning to go to the toilet.
Square Mile
The Square Mile is the City, the financial area of London.
The penny dropped
When the penny drops, someone belatedly understands something that everyone else has long since understood.
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Face the music
If you have to face the music, you have to accept the negative consequences of something you have done wrong.
Fiddle while Rome burns
If people are fiddling while Rome burns, they are wasting their time on futile things while problems threaten to destroy them.
Fine tuning
Small adjustments to improve something or to get it working are called fine tuning.
Fit as a fiddle
If you are fit as a fiddle, you are in perfect health.
For a song
If you buy or sell something for a song, it is very cheap.
Music to my ears
If someone says is music to your ears, it is exactly what you had wanted to hear.
Play second fiddle
If you play second fiddle, you take a subordinate role behind someone more important.
Toot you own horn
If someone toot their own horn, they like to boast about their achievements.