Match the idioms (1-23) with their definitions (a-w) and use them in the sentences of your own.
1.on the breadline 2. to burn your fingers 3. a cash cow
4. to cost an arm and a leg (to cost the earth) 5. to have deep pockets
6. down payment 7. to go Dutch 8. to feather your nest
9. to feel the pinch 10. golden handshake 11.on the house
12. to lose your shirt 13. to make a killing 14. to look/ feel like a million dollars 15. money burns a hole in your pocket
16. money spinner 17. money talks 18. to be paid peanuts
19. to turn up like a bad penny 20. from rags to riches 21. to scrimp and save
22. to splash out on 23. to suit every pocket
a) to suffer from having meddled or been rash
b) be extremely expensive
c) an initial payment made when something is bought on credit
d) living at subsistence level
e) share the cost of something, especially a meal, equally
f) a business, investment, or product that provides a steady income or profit
g) make money illicitly and at someone else's expense
h) to be very rich, wealthy
i) a payment given to someone who is made redundant or retires early
j) a drink or meal in a bar or restaurant at the management's expense; free
k) experience hardship, especially financial
l) have a great financial success
m) look or feel well
n) to be very economical or sparing in the use of something
o) lose all one's possessions
p) to be affordable for everyone
q) to bring revenue, income
r) from poverty to great wealth
s) wealth gives power and influence to those who possess it
t) someone has a strong urge to spend money as soon as they receive it
u) to work for less money
v) someone you can’t get rid of
w) to waste money on something regardless the price