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Randy D

One red cent. One thin dime. Dirty money. Old money. New money. Blood money. Cold cash. Take-home pay. Rainy-day fund. Wooden nickels.

 

  What are some other idiomatic expressions or phrases involving ways we refer to currency?

[For each person who answers without repeating an entry already shown in this thread, I will reply with a new expression or phrase that fits the bill.]
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Posted - November 13, 2020
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  • 53529

     

     Sun tax.

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      November 22, 2020 3:06 PM MST
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  • 10052
    March of Dimes
      November 23, 2020 5:34 PM MST
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  • 53529

     

    Bag man (for the mob).
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      November 23, 2020 9:02 PM MST
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  • 10052
    Fat stacks
      November 25, 2020 7:26 PM MST
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  • 53529

    (I’ve never heard of that one before.)

    Money-back guarantee.


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      November 25, 2020 7:50 PM MST
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  • 10052
    Really? What kind of pimp ARE you? 

    Big bucks, no whammies.  


      November 25, 2020 7:57 PM MST
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  • 53529

    “PIMP”?

      Grrrrrrr.  I’m no pimp!


      November 25, 2020 9:51 PM MST
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  • 10052
    What?! You mean you eat all those sandwiches your harem members make yourself?

    You've got quite an appetite! 
      November 26, 2020 8:03 AM MST
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  • 53529

     

      I AM NOT A PIMP!

      November 26, 2020 8:05 AM MST
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  • 10052
    Whatever you say. 
      November 26, 2020 8:10 AM MST
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  • 53529
    Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
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      November 26, 2020 8:38 AM MST
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  • 1633
    Pennies from heaven
    Bet your bottom dollar
    Bargain basement
    Penny pincher
    A day late and a dollar short
    Right on the money

      November 22, 2020 3:59 PM MST
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  • 53529

     

      Sorry, but Shuhak already used “a day late and a dollar short”.

    :|

      November 22, 2020 5:51 PM MST
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  • 1633
    Make it rain
    Bring home the bacon

      November 22, 2020 6:56 PM MST
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  • 53529

     

      Petty cash.
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      November 23, 2020 7:56 AM MST
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