Money Idioms | Baamboozle - Baamboozle | The Most Fun Classroom Games!

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Refers to a person who was poor and became rich

From rags to riches

A basic means of support; source of livelihood

Bread and butter

Spend some money that you had put aside to use later

Dip into your savings

To spend less money than you did before because you have less money

Tighten your belt

Small amount of money

Chicken feed

To buy something for little money, especially for less than the money something is worth

Buy something for a song

To have just enough money to pay for the things that you need

Make ends meet

To save money for a time when it might be needed unexpectedly

Save/keep money for a rainy day

You do it with a very small amount of money

On a shoestring

Very cheap

Dirty cheap

Be extremely expensive

Cost an arm and a leg

To cheat someone by making them pay too much money for something

Rip someone off

A person is eager to spend money, normally in a wasteful manner

Burn a hole in one’s pocket

Be given some money, usually after a relative has died

Come into some money

To be extremely rich

Be rolling in it

To earn money for a family to live on

To bring home the bacon

Owe money to somebody

To be in debt

To earn a lot of money in a short time and with little effort:

Make a *******

To have just enough money to live on and nothing extra

Live (from) hand to mouth

Look extremely attractive or prosperous

Look like a million dollars