Advanced Idioms - Money
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Complete the following sentences with the words from the box.
ANSWERS
Dutch | rolling | nose | rags | region | root | books | strapped | ends | grease
1)
Shania Twain rose from
to riches to become the biggest-selling female country artist of all time.
2)
Many people are struggling to make
meet as wages are failing to keep pace with rising prices.
3)
He’s been the managing director of the company for 20 years, so he must be
in it by now.
4)
The sale of his flat should raise, once the mortgage was repaid, something in the
of £20,000.
5)
My sister always complains that she's
for cash, but it's no surprise when she won't go find a job!
6)
Once a fortnight he and a group of friends would go
at one of their four favourite restaurants.
7)
In some countries, it is common practice to
government officials' palms.
8)
If money is the
of all evil, then contempt and jealousy is the tree that blossoms from it.
9)
Mark paid through the
for dinner, in order to impress his girlfriend on their anniversary.
10)
They are now saying that everyone is cooking the
. If it's true, it's a very serious allegation.
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Answers
1)
from rags to riches
from extreme poverty to great wealth
2)
make ends meet
earn just enough money to live on
3)
be rolling in it
be very rich
4)
in the region of
approximately
5)
be strapped for cash
having little or no money at the moment
6)
go Dutch
share the cost of something, especially a meal, equally
7)
grease someone's palm
bribe someone
8)
money is the root of all evil
people do many evil things in order to get rich
9)
pay through the nose
pay much more than a fair price
10)
cook the books
falsify financial records for a company
