UNIT 4: EXTRA VOCABULARY - Money expressions and phrases

nouns (including verbs and phrases adjectives money expressions

people)
a nest egg to splash out hard up Money talks
(to be paid) peanuts to make ends meet rolling in it Time is money
spendthrift to tighten your belt stinking rich Money doesn't grow on
trees
miser to blow money skint the other side of the
coin
to cut down broke

Which of the above are related to the following?

Having money Spending money Saving money Not having money

One expression is not related to money at all. Which is it?

Complete the sentences with the correct expression on the right:

1) I got some trousers in the market yesterday. They were _______________ -

A) worthless
just 25 dollars!

2) Id like to go out tonight but Im completely b_______ as Ive just bought a

B) arm and a leg
new computer.

3) I took my antique vase to be valued the other day and to my disappointment

C) blew
it turned out to be completely _________. It was a fake.

4) Business class is much more comfortable of course, but itll cost you
D) dirt cheap
_________________.

5) I _________ two thousand dollars last night in an expensive restaurant. E) rolling in it

6) We booked our Christmas holiday flight at the last minute so we had to pay
F) next to nothing
___________ .

7) Have you been to Richards new flat? Its huge and has a fantastic view - it
G) Broke
must have cost a ________.

8) Shes got flats in London, Paris, New York and Hong Kong. She must be
H) king
___________ _______ .

9) In some places you can buy pirated videos and software for ____________ . I) fortune

10) After he won the lottery he gave up his job and now he lives like a
J) through the nose
_________ in an enormous mansion with fifty servants.