Economics and finance: Idioms

What does the idiom 'To cost an arm and a leg' mean?

• Something is very expensive.

• To live more frugally.

• To be in debt or operating at a financial loss.

• Something that generates a lot of money or profit consistently.

What does the idiom 'To tighten one's belt' mean?

• Something is very expensive.

• To live more frugally.

• To be in debt or operating at a financial loss.

• Something that generates a lot of money or profit consistently.

What does the idiom 'To be in the red' mean?

• Something is very expensive.

• To live more frugally.

• To be in debt or operating at a financial loss.

• Something that generates a lot of money or profit consistently.

What does the idiom 'To be a cash cow' mean?

• Something is very expensive.

• To live more frugally.

• To be in debt or operating at a financial loss.

• Something that generates a lot of money or profit consistently.

What does the idiom 'To be on a shoestring budget' mean?

• Something is very expensive.

• To have a very tight or limited budget.

• To be in debt or operating at a financial loss.

• Something that generates a lot of money or profit consistently.

What does the idiom 'To make ends meet' mean?

• Something is very expensive.

• To live more frugally.

• To be in debt or operating at a financial loss.

• To manage to live within one's means.

What does the idiom 'A penny for your thoughts' mean?

• Asking someone what they are thinking about.

• To unexpectedly make a lot of money or find great success.

• To be in debt or operating at a financial loss.

• To manage to live within one's means.

What does the idiom 'To hit the jackpot' mean?

• Something is very expensive.

• To live more frugally.

• To unexpectedly make a lot of money or find great success.

• To manage to live within one's means.