Hey there!!!
Welcome to one more amazing English
lesson to improve your English fluency.
Today's lesson will make you feel like a millionaire.
We will look at eight Idioms that are related to money.
I will give you the Idiom and explain what
it means, followed by an example sentence to help
you use it instantly in your daily English conversations.
Why should you learn Idioms?
Well, Idioms help you speak English expressively and most advanced
English learners, I mean the ones at the C one
level know at least 300 to 400 English Idioms.
Does it sound interesting?
Let's get started.
The first Idioms I have for you
is to have money to burn.
Imagine you have so much money that you
don't know what to do with it.
It means to spend a lot of
money on things that are not necessary.
In short, you have so much money that you
will get tired if you have to count it.
Here's how you could use it.
I don't know what his job is, but
he certainly seems to have money to burn,
meaning he looks loaded and spends money lavishly.
Here's Idiom number two to have deep pockets.
Again, it means someone is loaded.
They have a lot of money or wealth.
For example, my comedy has deep pockets to be
any competition, which means the company is super rich
and can spend tons of money on advertising to
be any competition in the market.
Here's one more example sentence.
The politicians with the deepest
pockets usually win the election.
Do you think that's true?
Well, I think so.
If you have deep pockets, you can
manipulate the voter by mass advertising.
Why don't you try making a sentence
in the comments using deep pockets?
It will help you remember it better.
The next Idiom on my list is to strike gold.
The actual meaning of this Idiom could be to
win a gold medal in a sports competition.
But in normal conversations it could mean to make
large amount of profits or to suddenly become rich.
Here's an example.
The investors have struck gold by investing in
the startup at the early stage, meaning the
startup did exceedingly well and have grown to
become a unicorn, giving investors good returns.
Do you know any such startups in
your country who have struck gold?
Let me know in the comments below.
So that's to strike gold, let's move on to our next
Idiom at number four, I have to make a bundle.
Well, it means, of course, to make a lot of money.
But you can use this Idiom to say,
to make a very large amount of money,
especially by doing something very successfully.
Meaning you introduce something that's innovative and cutting edge,
which in turn brings you a lot of money.
For example, I hear RIA is making a bundle
with sales from her latest book, which means Ria's
new book is the best seller and she is
making good money out of its sales.
I hope you got it and know how to use it in a sentence.
Let's move on to the next Idiom.
Next up is to be worth a million bucks.
The word bucks in this Idiom refers to money.
It's a slang term to say money.
It means something is extremely
valuable or looks precious.
Here's how you can use it.
This software code is worth a million bucks.
Pitch it to the right investors.
I am sure you know how valuable the tech
companies have become over the course of time.
Companies like Facebook, Instagram, Google, Microsoft are all
driven by their cutting edge software and are
one of the most valued companies today.
In short, they are extremely valuable.
I hope you got it.
Let's move on to our next Idiom on the
list, which is to pick up the tab.
Have you come across a situation when you
had to pay the restaurant bill all alone?
When your friends just disappeared at
the time of paying their share?
Well, in such situation you can use this Idiom.
It means to pay for something that's
used or purchased by someone else.
For example, don't worry, you can
order whatever you feel like.
My boss will pick up the tab for lunch, meaning
the bill or the check is on the company or
your boss, he will pay for the lunch.
Pretty interesting Idiom, isn't it?
Try writing a sentence in the comments using
pick up the tab and we move on
to our next Idiom, which is daylight robbery.
Now, most of the robberies happen during the night,
but what does it mean to say daylight robbery?
Well, it means to pay much more for something
such as a product or a service than its
actual or standard price in the market.
Take a look at this example.
Sentence a phone cover for $200.
Now that's daylight robbery.
Or you could say an interest payment
of 28% on my credit card.
Outstanding.
It's daylight robbery.
Well, I think credit cards are
nothing but a money trap.
They are never ending loans.
What do you feel?
Let me know in the comments.
And the last Idiom for today is cash cow.
Have you heard it before?
Cash cow.
It means a product or a service
that brings a continuous flow of income.
It's the most reliable source of income
for the company or an individual.
For example, iPhone is the cash
cow for the Apple Corporation.
Here's one more example.
Internet Data Packages is the new
cash cow for the telecom company.
I hope you got it.
Well, those were eight interesting
English Idioms with money.
I hope you enjoyed today's English lesson
and learnt some useful English phrases.
Let me know in the comments which one is your favorite.
Favorite Idiom.
I shall see you soon with another English lesson.
Until then, keep learning, keep practicing English.
Bye for now.