Too many cooks spoil the broth
All that glitters is not gold
B ead and butter – This is your livelihood or the source of your income. A ballpark figure - a rough estimate - American English If you give a ballpark figure or a ballpark estimate, you give a number which you think is fairly close to the actual one.
A nest egg If you have a nest egg, you have money put away for the future.
A vested interest If you have a vested interest in something, you have a strong personal interest in it because you stand to gain from it.
Cook the books | cook the accounts If someone cooks the books, or cooks the accounts, they keep inaccurate accounts for a business, usually in order to pay less tax.
Cost the earth | charge the earth If something costs the earth, or they charge the earth for it, it's very expensive.
Deep pockets You can say a person or an organisation has deep pockets if they have lots of money.
Deep pockets and short arms - a person is mean with their money
Money can buy you friends but it can't buy you love
Dirt cheap You can say something is dirt cheap if it costs very little money.
Easy come, easy go You can say " easy come, easy go" to express the idea that if something comes to someone easily, such as money they get without working hard for it, they can lose it just as easily and it won't matter to them much.
Easy money You can say " easy money" to describe money that someone gets without having to make much effort.
Feather your own nest If you feather your own nest, you use your position or your job illegally for personal gain.
Feel the pinch If you are feeling the pinch, you're finding it harder to survive on your income. For my money You can say " for my money" to mean the same as " in my opinion".
Go out of business If a company goes out of business, it stops trading and closes down.
Grease someone's palm If you grease someone's palm, you pay them a bribe.
In the black If a person or a company is in the black, their assets are greater than their debts.
In the red If a person or a company is in the red, their debts are greater than their assets.
Kill the goose that lays the golden egg If you kill the goose that lays the golden egg, you destroy something that has made you a lot of money.
Made of money If you are made of money, you have lots of money.
Make a killing If you make a killing, you make a lot of money from a sale or a deal of some sort.
Make ends meet If you make ends meet, you earn just enough to pay for a place to live and your daily expenses.
Pay the price You pay the price for doing something when you experience the unpleasant results of doing it.
Pay through the nose If you pay through the nose for something, you pay more than the usual price for it.
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