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from rags to riches    

One doesn't go from rags to riches overnight.      .



money talks     

We learned that money talks when the rich couple got a reservation at the famous restaurant although we could not.  ,      ,           ,    .



money to burn/rolling in money    

The man has money to burn and is always buying something new.     ,     - .



born with a silver spoon in her mouth    

Yes, well, some of us weren't born with a silver spoon in our mouths. ,   ,      .



gravy train  

Why get off the gravy train, right?     , ?



cost a pretty penny   

It cost us a pretty penny to fix the car.      .



worth every penny   ;    

It's kind of expensive, but I promise you, it's worth every penny.  ,   ,   .



to go dutch    

Just so it doesn't get uncomfortable when the bill comes, can we agree we'll go Dutch on this one?    ,   ,     ?



hit the jackpot  

My friend hit the jackpot when she bought a lottery ticket last week.    ,       .



highway robbery    

Two thousand is highway robbery and you know it.      ,    .



buy (something) for a song  -  , "  "

It's a very cheap house; we practically bought it for a song.    ,      .



to make ends meet/to live from hand to mouth c   ,  ,   

Steven had neither work nor home and was living from hand to mouth.      ,  ,   c   .



flat broke  ;  ,  ,   

Alfred lost all of his money at gambling and was flat broke.       ,    .



scrape together   ,  ;   

Jimmy managed to scrape up together a few dollars by searching all the pockets.    ,    .



beyond ones means ()   

This expensive cottage is very much beyond their means.     ,    .



golden handshake         

You grow up, you work half a century, you get a golden handshake, you rest a couple of years, and you're dead.  ,  ,    ,     .




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better late than never  ,  

The boy finally got a job after not working for three years but at least it was better late than never.  -    ,     ,   ,  .



let the grass grow under ones feet   ;   

If you want to be successful, don't let grass grow under your feet.     ,    .



around the clock 

We worked around the clock to prepare the store to open.     ,     .



in the interim  ; 

Our office is not yet redecorated so in the interim we use another one.     ,   .



on the spur of the moment ; ; 

He decided to go to Chicago on the spur of the moment.        .



have the time of ones life   

I had the time of my life at my friend's birthday party which was on Saturday.           .



against the clock/against time   -   

We worked against the clock to finish the project.   ,    .



behind the times 

My aunt is behind the times.   .



in broad daylight ;   

He stole the El Greco from the Louvre in broad daylight.         .



give someone a hard time ;  - .  , 

My new hairdo gave me a hard time.      .



all in good time   

You and they will find out exactly what I mean all in good time.  ,   ,    ,   .



the time is ripe  

The time is ripe for a coup.    .



beat the clock   -   ,  

The scientists are trying to beat the clock.    .



to serve time/to do time  ;  

He's served time for burglary and armed robbery.        .



be ahead of time  

They had weapons that were ahead of the time.    ,    .



take your time  ;  

Do your rounds, take your time.  ,  .




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dont judge the book by its cover     

You don't judge a book by its cover or a person from the outside.     ,     .



a leopard cant change its spots   

My boyfriend apologized for having deceived me, but I don't believe him. A leopard can't change its spots.     ,   ,     .   .



worrywart ,  

Okay, now you need to stop being a worrywart. ,      .



bag of wind ; 

It's time somebody licked that big bag of wind.  -   .



armchair critic  ; ,     

The Internet is full of armchair critics, now that everyone has wi-fi.     ,     -.



charm the birds out of the trees     ; 

He could charm the birds out of the trees.       .



the life and soul of the party  

He was the life and soul of the party, everybody's mate.       .



would not say boo to a goose  ; ; 

He wouldn't say boo to a goose.       .



know-it-all/wise guy 

I don't know why I'm such a know-it-all.  ,    .



bark is worse than bite ,   ;    

Don't worry if the boss gets angry  his bark is worse than his bite.  ,      ,   .



stickler for the rules ,   ; 

I know you're a stickler for rules, but if was ever there was a time to break one, it's now.  ,    ,       .



go-getter ; ;   

He's everything we need right now: ago-getter, knows the ins and outs of the state's attorney's office.   ,    : ,        .



the salt of the earth ,  

The members of our club are all the salt of the earth and are fun to spend time with.      ,       .



down-to-earth ; 

I like Mrs. Wilson because she's so down to earth, so natural.    ,     ,  .



social butterfly ; ; 

You know, I'm a real social butterfly myself. ,    .



goody two shoes ; ;   

You know what a goody-two-shoes I am.   ,    .



wet blanket/spoilsport/killjoy ,    

I gotta say, laura, you're kind of a wet blanket since you quit smoking.  , ,       ,   .



man of his word/woman of her word  

And believe it or not, I'm a man of my word.   ,   ,     .



mover and shaker   ;     

Keeping above the fray, working with the movers and shakers.     ,    .



five oclock shadow ; ,  ; ,    ,   

Peter has a very heavy beard  even though he shaves every morning, he gets a five o'clock shadow by lunchtime!            ,       !



look a sight    

You look a sight!     !



as ugly as sin    ;  

He said he would marry her if she was as ugly as sin.  ,     ,      ,   .



look like a million dollars  

You look like a million dollars.   .



mutton dressed as lamb  ,    

Well, he's a ponce and she's mutton dressed as lamb. ,  ,    .



vertically challenged  

My candidate's vertically challenged.    .



thin on the top 

He's getting thin on the top.  .




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on cloud nine/walk on air     ;   




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