Through thick and thin
In good and bad times.
To cost an arm and a leg
To be very expensive.
To splash out
To spend a lot of money, especially on things you don't need.
To make a killing
To make a lot of money.
To earn chicken feed
To earn a very small amount of money.
To make a living
To earn enough money to buy the things that you need.
To do the donkey work
To do the hard or boring work.
To give someone green light
To give permission for something to happen.
To work banker's hours
To have a short working day.
To cut corners
To do something in the easiest, cheapest, or fastest way.
To have a finger in every pie
To be involved in and have influence over many different activities, often in a way that people do not approve of.
To be in the black
To be earning more money than you spend.
To be in the red
To be spending more money than you earn.
To work to rule
A form of protest in which employees do exactly what is stated in their contracts, and nothing more, in order to slow down production.
To be a workhorse
A person who does a lot of work, especially of a type that is necessary but not interesting.
To beaver away at something
To work hard for a long time.
