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Why don’t you get a REAL job? With people you make money with 3 people you lose money. Work and pray, live on hay, you’ll get pig in the sky when you die. You can’t get blood from a turnip. You can’t get something for nothing. You can’t make a silk purse out of a [...]
March 14th, 2008 | Posted in Idioms | Comments Off
Taxes are eating me alive. The further you go the bigger you fall. The grass is always greener on the other side. The light at the end of a tunnel is an oncoming train. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer. They earned their money the hard way. Time is money. Wanna bet? What [...]
March 7th, 2008 | Posted in Idioms | Comments Off
Pay the piper his due. Pay yourself first. Penny-wise and proud-foolish. Poverty is no crime. Poverty is no sin. Put your money where your mouth is. Save for a rainy day. Sell down the river. Spend less, make more. Talk is cheap, but it takes money to buy. Related posts on Money: Common Phrases (Part [...]
February 29th, 2008 | Posted in Idioms | Comments Off
Money isn’t everything. Money makes money. Money talks. More money equals more problems. Never mix business with pleasure. No pain – no gain. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. One man’s loss is another man’s gain. Pay as you go. Pay the piper his due
February 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Idioms | Comments Off
Let the buyer beware. Make an honorable living. Money begets money. Money burns a hole in your pocket. Money doesn’t buy you happiness. Money doesn’t grow on trees. Money has no smell. Money is no object. Money is power. Money is the root of all evil.
February 15th, 2008 | Posted in Idioms | Comments Off
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. If you have money, you can buy anything. If you have money, you make money. I’m a survivor. (Be a thriver.) It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. [...]
February 8th, 2008 | Posted in Idioms | Comments Off
Give credit where credit is due. Give the devil his due. He who dances must pay the fiddler. He who does not work, neither shall he eat. I always pick the most expensive item. I can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel. I guess they need it more than me. I was [...]
February 1st, 2008 | Posted in Idioms | Comments Off
Don’t sell yourself short. Don’t spend it all in one place. Don’t spend more than you make. Don’t take any wooden nickels. Don’t throw good money towards bad. Don’t you know the value of a dollar? Every man is not born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Everyone is in the same boat. Finders [...]
January 25th, 2008 | Posted in Idioms | Comments Off
Business before pleasure. Charge for what you’re worth. Do you think I’m made of money? Don’t be greedy. Don’t be penny-wise and dollar foolish. Don’t be so lazy. Don’t bite the hand that fees you. Don’t buy a pig in a poke. Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. Don’t make a dime wait [...]
January 18th, 2008 | Posted in Idioms | Comments Off
A bad penny always turns up. A fool and his money are soon parted. A penny for your thoughts. A penny saved is a penny earned. Another day, another dollar. As you sow, so shall you reap. Bad money drives out good. Beggars can’t be choosers. Brother, can you spare a dime? Business as usual. [...]
January 11th, 2008 | Posted in Idioms | Comments Off