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Slang and Idioms about Money

dough, moolah- money (non-countable.) I won a lot of dough at the casino. Look at all of this moolah!

greenback, buck- American dollar (countable.) Look at how many greenbacks you have in your wallet! Could you loan me a buck for the subway?

megabucks- a lot of money. I would love to be like Bill Gates. He has megabucks.

(work for) peanuts- almost no money, very little money. John should quit his job because he is working for peanuts and he can't afford his rent.

max out (a credit card)- spend up to the limit of a credit card. Susie bought so many clothes she maxed out her credit card.

bullet stretch money- be careful to make money one has last longer. Tony and Teri had to really stretch their money in order to pay all of their bills. They ate a lot of cheap food last month.

flip a coin- make a decision by tossing a coin in the air and calling heads or tails. (heads = side of coin with picture of a person's face, tails = opposite side of coin.) Let's decide who will start the game by flipping a coin.


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