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Adjectives related to money:

Value Price&cost Attitudes to money Rich or poor


precious costly careful Comfortably off
priceless Pricey (informal) generous Well off
Worth a fortune reasonable careless affluent
valuable Dirt shit (informal) wasteful Millionaire /billionaire
worthless A rip-off (informal) mean Loaded (informal)
Extortionate(d) Stingy (informal) Broke (informal)
A bargain

1,000: a thousand
1,000,000,000: a billion

MONEY IDIOMS:

1. From hand to mouth: vivir con lo justo


2. Make ends meet: llegar a fin de mes (Last year, I found it really hard to make ends
meet)
3. Tighten your belt: abrocharse el cinturón
4. Cost an arm and a leg: costar un ojo de la cara
5. Come into some money: encontrarse dinero por sorpresa
6. Be ripped off: ser timado
7. Make a killing: pegar el pelotazo
8. I’m not made of money: no soy el Banco de España
9. Pocket money: calderilla
10. Dip into your savings: tirar de ahorros
11. Be loaded: forrado
12. We’re doing business now: trato hecho
13. Money burns a hole in your pocket: tener un agujero en la mano/bolsillo(He'll never
save up enough money to buy a car. Money burns a hole in his pocket).
14. To spend like a drunken sailor: gastar más que ganas
15. To live beyond your means: vivir por encima de tus posibilidades
16. Shell out: pagar
17. If you pay peanuts you get monkeys: lo barato sale caro

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