Money Idioms & Expressions to Build Your Vocabulary

Let's face it. Money is a big part of our lives. Everyone needs money, and many people want money.
So I'm going to teach you some common idioms and expressions that are all related to money.
Here are the idioms from the lesson.
1. buck
2. to cost an arm and a leg
3. pony up
4. put your money where your mouth is
5. to make ends meet
6. (to be) loaded
7. to look like a million bucks
8. shell out / fork over
9. rags to riches
10. bread and butter
11. foot the bill
12. break the bank
13. penny-pincher
14. pick up the tab / pick up the check
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After watching this KZbin video of yours, I’m determined to become loaded so that it will be a story of rags to riches that can inspire the people around me to pursue their dreams. Once I’m loaded, I no longer have to worry about the prospect of breaking the bank if I buy things that cost me an arm and a leg.

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Hi teacher Thanks so much for your money idioms. They can really help English learners. My trousers cost an arm and a leg but I don't break the bank.

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First of all I'd like to thank you for using moments from Sons of Anarchy, Pretty Little Liars, Glee, Devious Maids and The Longest Ride! All of these idioms and expressions can be used for one to one lessons as well. They're way too useful! Teachers might be loaded by teaching them😀

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I really like your lessons and I wish you could make a lesson based on slangs from New York especially the black community that will be great !

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I heard “loaded” in a song in the Hamilton musical. Also you look like a million dollars. Thanks for lesson.

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Throughout the video I was eagerly waiting for the idiom 'go Dutch 🤣which is the only idiom I knew related to money. Anyway thanks for a great lesson teacher. Helpful.

[@InteractiveEng]

Hi Amala. That's another great idiom. Thanks for sharing with us.

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I think I’ve heard of this phrase before. It was mentioned in one of the episodes of the comedy show from TruTV called Impractical Jokers! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 7:26

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Break the bank It costs an arm and leg From rags to rich Make the ends meet Foot the bill Loaded Pick up the check.

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Amazing class. Here in BRAZIL it cost a arm and a leg, we say" it cost a eye of our face" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Thanks for commenting & sharing with us Jorge.

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It wouldn't be an eye.with the article an.isntead of A..

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Oh, money are our everything, no exactly not, course happiness has only who has enough love good relationship and so on. But sometimes to have money also good for well being. Good lesson as usual. Now I'm in selfisolation (prohibited to leave home, cause I'm more then 65, not at home I'm in the forest 'дача', children look after mother ), so I have plenty time, and dive deep in English. Thank you. Excuse me for some long comment. Maybe someone so share my fate. And encredibily good weather in St Petersburg. But I think that I must do lessons on line as you, so I'm lucky, that I see how to do it effectively thanks to you. So big comment from me, excuse me once more

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i will pick up the tab for you

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Glad you enjoyed the lesson. I use a site called YARN to find these short video clips.

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Thanks so much. You also look like a million bucks. 😊

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Man, that nightclub last night really cleaned me out i haven't got a penny left the drinks cost *an arm and a leg,* and I had to *fork over* an inordinate amount of money to the bartender. I'm so bummed out that my friends didn't chip in with a single *buck* I had to pick up the tab all by myself. but to be candid I was just trying to impress the girl who was with us who looked like a million dollars and she's also *loaded* but such a *penny-pincher* bc she comes from an affluent family whod gone from *rag to riches* after winning the lottery I tried to use as many expressions as I could Thanks for the video

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This is great Junior. Nice use of the idioms. Thanks for commenting & sharing with us. 😃

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I'd say that the perfect example of a penny-pincher person would be Julius from Everybody hates Chris! LOL Great class as always guys! Thanks tons! :)

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I would like to look like a million dollars, but unfortunately, I don't look! Great lesson!Thx Wes!

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Wow, thank you! You too! 😃

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Hi Wes, It's been a while since my last visit to your channel. Your lessons are even more and more interesting. That's how every blogger should shoot catchy videos. Forgive my ignorance, but I don't have any clue if pony up, shell out, and fork over are completely interchangeable. Each of these verbs sounds the same to me as a foreigner. Could you please make it clear?

[@InteractiveEng]

Hey Paul. Thanks for commenting. They all have a similar meaning. Pony up is a bit different because you're "paying money that is owed." Both shell out and fork over are more interchangeable because you could use them to refer to buying things. 😊

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Thanks so much! You look like a million bucks too.

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U should put the numbers for all your lessons pl thank u is more easy study