Vocabulary Activity
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a
nest egg: money put away for the
future.
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cost
an arm and a leg : to be very expensive.
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deep
pockets: to have lots of money.
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easy
money: money obtained without much effort.
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flat
broke : without any money left.
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go
from rags to riches: start out
very poor and become very rich.
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the
goose that lays the golden eggs: a money maker.
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in
the black: having more assets/capital than
debts.
·
in
the red: having more debts than assets/capital.
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make
ends meet: to earn just enough to pay for your daily expenses.
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on
a shoestring: having a very tight budget.
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tighten
your belt: try to spend less money.
·
splurge: to spend large
amounts of money.
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your
bread and butter: your
livelihood or the source of your income.
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Test your
knowledge of money idioms and complete the statements below. Use each idiom
once only.
- Our new cake shop needs to stay ............................... at least for the first 6 months if we want to survive.
- My uncle has very ..............................., I’m thinking about asking him for a small loan.
- My parents worked hard all of their life to ................................ We never needed anything.
- This job is my ..............................., so I really need it
- I ended up being ............................... for the rest of the month after I spent a fortune on a ticket for a concert.
- Everybody was excited because the company had decided to ............................... on the end of the year's party and hired a famous band.
- I traveled to Europe ............................... after graduation and stayed at hostels like everybody.
- Many experts say green businesses, organics and natural food is the new ................................ The question is for how long, after everybody follows the trend.
- Baby sitting is a way to make ............................... for many students.
- My neighbor seems to have gone ................................ Last year he drove a bicycle and now he has a couple of luxury cars and a Harley-Davidson.
- The company has been ............................... for a couple of months due to the financial crisis.
- My friends went to the new French restaurant last weekend and they said you need to be filthy rich to eat there because it ................................
- My roommate had to ............................... after he quit his weekend job.
- Bobby wants ............................... for the future, so she's saving as much as she can now that she is still young.
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