4PHRASE 有花不完的钱;钱多得烫手;钱多得烧包 If you say that someone has money to burn, you mean that they have more money than they need or that they spend their money on things that you think are unnecessary. 有花不完的钱;钱多得烫手;钱多得烧包
He was a high-earning broker with money to burn.
他是高收入的经纪人,有花不完的钱。
5PHRASE 非常有钱的;手头宽裕的 If you are in the money, you have a lot of money to spend. 非常有钱的;手头宽裕的 [informal]
If you are one of the lucky callers chosen to play, you could be in the money.
6PHRASE 挣钱;赚钱 If you make money, you obtain money by earning it or by making a profit. 挣钱;赚钱
They couldn't find work or make money in the cities.
他们在城市找不到工作,也赚不到钱。
...the only bit of the firm that consistently made money.
公司唯一一直赚钱的一小块业务
7PHRASE 用行动证明自己的话;说到做到;说给钱就给钱 If you say that you want someone to put their money where their mouth is, you want them to spend money to improve a bad situation, instead of just talking about improving it. 用行动证明自己的话;说到做到;说给钱就给钱
The government might be obliged to put its money where its mouth is to prove its commitment.
政府也许会被迫付出行动,以兑现承诺。
8PHRASE (因掌握内情而下的)高明赌注 If you say that the smart money is on a particular person or thing, you mean that people who know a lot about it think that this person will be successful, or this thing will happen. (因掌握内情而下的)高明赌注 [journalism]
With England not playing, the smart money was on the Germans.
英格兰队没有参赛,所以人们看好德国队应该会赢。
9PHRASE 金钱万能;有钱能使鬼推磨 If you say that money talks, you mean that if someone has a lot of money, they also have a lot of power. 金钱万能;有钱能使鬼推磨
The formula in Hollywood is simple—money talks.
好莱坞的生存规则很简单,就是金钱万能。
10PHRASE 白白扔钱;花冤枉钱 If you say that someone is throwing money at a problem, you are critical of them for trying to improve it by spending money on it, instead of doing more thoughtful and practical things to improve it. 白白扔钱;花冤枉钱 [disapproval]
The Australian government's answer to the problem has been to throw money at it.
澳大利亚政府对这个问题的解决方案一直就是大把往里扔钱。
11PHRASE 花钱填无底洞;继续砸钱 If you say that someone is throwing good money after bad, you are critical of them for trying to improve a bad situation by spending more money on it, instead of doing more thoughtful or practical things to improve it. 花钱填无底洞;继续砸钱 [disapproval] [disapproval]
Further heavy intervention would be throwing good money after bad.
进一步加大干预的力度只会是继续白扔钱。
12PHRASE 钱花得值;物有所值;没白忙活 If you get your money's worth, you get something which is worth the money that it costs or the effort you have put in. 钱花得值;物有所值;没白忙活
The fans get their money's worth.
粉丝们的钱没白花。
13 to see the colour of someone's money→see: colour a licence to print money→see: licence to be rolling in money→see: rolling money for old rope→see: rope to give someone a run for their money→see: run
Quotations
Money speaks sense in a language all nations understandAphra BehnThe Lucky Chance
When a fellow says, it hain't the money but the principle of the thing, it's the moneyKin HubbardHoss Sense and Nonsense
Money is our madness, our vast collective madnessD.H. Lawrence
The almighty dollar is the only object of worshipPhiladelphia Public Ledger
Wine maketh merry, but money answereth all thingsBible: Ecclesiastes
Money is coined libertyFyodor DostoevskyHouse of the Dead
Money is the sinews of love, as of warGeorge FarquharLove and a Bottle
Better authentic mammon than a bogus godLouis MacNieceAutumn Journal
Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other fiveW. Somerset MaughamOf Human Bondage
My boy ... always try to rub up against money, for if you rub up against money long enough, some of it may rub off on youDamon RunyonA Very Honorable Guy
but it is pretty to see what money will doSamuel PepysDiary
If you can actually count your money, then you are not really a rich manJ. Paul Getty
Money doesn't make you happy. I now have $50 million but I was just as happy when I had $48 millionArnold Schwarzenegger
Money doesn't talk, it swearsBob DylanIt's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
Money is like muck, not good except it be spreadFrancis BaconOf Seditions and Troubles
Money ... is none of the wheels of trade: it is the oil which renders the motion of the wheels more smooth and easyDavid HumeEssays: Moral and Political
Money couldn't buy friends but you got a better class of enemySpike MilliganPuckoon