Idioms About Money

Which idiom means "to be poor"?

• have money to burn

• in the red

• to live in the lap of luxury

• to be on the breadline

Which idiom means "to be rich"?

• to be hard up

• to be in the red

• have money to burn

• live hand to mouth

What´s the correct idiom?

• money talks

• money speaks

• money says

• money tells

What is the correct idiom to say "to be in debts"?

• to feel blue

• to be in red

• to be in black

• to be green with envy

"To bring home the bacon" means:

• to earn money for a family to live on

• to earn plenty of money

• to earn enough to buy bacon

• not to have a job and not to earn any money

Many people had to tighten their _________ during the pandemic.

• scarfs

• shoelaces

• belts

• sleeves

Which idiom means "It was very expensive"?

• I had to cut my arm and my leg.

• I bought an arm and a leg.

• It was two-limb expensive.

• It cost me an arm and a leg

Finish the idiom: "be without a penny to your_____".

• name

• family

• house

• cat

When you don´t have money you are hard ______.

• out

• up

• on

• down

"A penny saved is a penny earned" means:

• saving is wise

• earning money is not easy

• it´s close to impossible to save money nowadays

• it´s better to spend rather than save