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Money attitudes

Money and Shopping

QuestionAnswer
TAKE OUT A LOAN
WATCH EVERY PENNY
BORROW MONEY
GO INTO DEBT
PUT MONEY TO ONE SIDE save
MONEY IS A BIT TIGHT be shorted of money
MAKE ENDS MEET llegar a fin de mes
MAKE A FEW CUTS
GET RID OF sth to throw something away eg: He got ride of car
LOOKING A MILLION DOLLARS
HARD-UP be broke
DON'T HAVE MONEY TO BURN
HAVE A LIFE MORE COMFORTABLE
CAN'T AFFORD TO
POCKET MONEY
OPEN A SAVINGS ACCOUNT
DO THE LOTTERY
WIN THE JACKPOT
WE ARE NOT MADE OF MONEY
MONEY DOESN'T GROW ON TREES
PHRASAL VERBS
GET BY (on/in/with sth) to manage to live or do a particualar thing using the money, knowledge, equipment, etc. that you have. eg: How does she get by on such a small salary?
LIVE ON to continue or live or exist eg: She died ten years ago but her memory lives on
SORT OUT to successfully deal with a problem or difficult situation eg: She went to a psychiatrist to try to sort out her problems.
COME INTO (sth) inherit She’ll come into quite a lot of money when her father dies.
GO OUT to leave your house, especially in order to enjoy yourself eg: Are you going out tonight?
GIVE UP to stop doing something, especially something that you do regularly eg: Darren has decided to give up football at the end of this season
WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS RELEATED TO MONEY
SPLASH OUT (ph. v) to spend a lot of money on something
BLOW (tr. verb) to spend or waste a lot of money on something
SQUANDER (v) to waste money, time, etc. in a stupid or careless way
SPLURGE (v, n) an act of spending money on something that you do not really need
SAVVY SAVER (n) someone who can put money away consistently and live within their means, without touching that savings
TIGHT-FISTED (adj) not willing to spend or give much money
IT MUST BE COST A FURTUNE
SAVE YOUR MONEY FOR A RAINY DAY for an emergency
BREADWINNER (n) a person who earn money to support their family, typically the sole one
Created by: MiriV24
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