Money Cliches

This page contains a list of common money-related cliches and sayings. It includes expressions like “another day another dollar”, “money doesn’t grow on trees”, and “a penny saved is a penny earned”. The page allows users to share images of the cliches on social media. It also features a quote about money at the bottom from Dana Gioia.

Overall, the page is collecting and presenting popular idioms and phrases related to earning, spending, and managing money.

Many money cliches originated from early trades and occupations. For example, “worth its weight in gold” referred to how valuable gold was historically. Over time, some cliches took on additional meanings or nuances.

For instance, “money doesn’t grow on trees” was originally just a statement of reality, but now sometimes suggests that one shouldn’t be frivolous with money.

In general, money cliches that involve farming, trades, or precious metals reflect how money was historically earned or valued.

Modern uses of these cliches don’t always retain the original literal meanings but still convey ideas about making, spending, or valuing money. The origins and meanings of some cliches have changed subtly over generations as economies and perspectives have changed.

 

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1. Another day another dollar
2. As good as gold
3. Bend over
4. Benjamins
5. Bet your bottom dollar
6. Born with a silver spoon in his mouth
7. Bring home the bacon
8. Break the bank
9. Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door
10. Buy something for a song
11. Cash cow
12. Cash in your chips

 

 


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13. Champagne taste on a beer budget
14. Clean bill of health
15. Don’t bite the hand that feeds you
16. Don’t have two nickels to rub together
17. Go Dutch
18. Filthy rich
19. Flush
20. Fool and his money are soon parted
21. Fork out
22. Got cleaned out
23. Got crushed
24. Gold digger
25. Got spanked
26. Grease a palm
27. Haven’t got a penny to my name
28. Heading for the poor house
29. A King’s ransom

 

 


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30. Laughing all the way to the bank
31. Lose your shirt
32. Made of money
33. Make ends meet
34. Money burning a hole in my pocket

 

 


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35. Money can’t buy you happiness
36. Money doesn’t grow on trees

 

 


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37. Money grubbing
38. Money hungry
39. Money is the root of all evil

 

 


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40. Money makes the world go around
41. Money out the wazoo
42. Money Word
43. On a tight budget
44. A Penny for your thoughts
45. Penny pincher
46. Penny saved is a penny earned
47. Penny wise and pound foolish
48. Plunk down
49. Poor as a church mouse
50. Pot of gold at the end of the rainbow

 

 


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51. Put your money where your mouth is
52. A Quick buck
53. Raking in the money
54. Rolling in the dough
55. Sell out
56. Sell out
57. Sold out
58. Shoestring budget

 

 


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59. Show me the money!
60. Small potatoes
61. Stretch a dollar
62. A Sweet deal
63. Sweeten the pot
64. A Sweetheart deal
65. Take a bath
66. Taken for a ride
67. That’s the sixty-four thousand dollar question
68. There’s gold in them thar hills
69. There’s no such thing as a free lunch
70. Throw good money after bad
71. Tight as the bark on a tree
72. Tight wad

 



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73. Time is money
74. Too rich for my blood
75. Up the ante
76. Well off
77. Worth its weight in gold

“Money… Chock it up, fork it over, shell it out. Watch it burn holes through pockets” — Dana Gioia