Slang and Idioms

Slang and Idioms about Money

Vocabulary

-dough, moolah = money (non-countable.) I won a lot of dough at the casino. Look at
all of this moolah!
-greenback, buck = American dollar (countable.) Look at how many greenbacks you have
in your wallet! Could you loan me a buck for the subway?
-megabucks = a lot of money. I would love to be like Bill Gates. He has megabucks.
-(work for) peanuts = almost no money, very little money. John should quit
his job because he is working for peanuts and he can't afford his rent.
-max out (a credit card)= spend up to the limit of a credit card. Susie bought so
many clothes she maxed out her credit card.
-stretch money = be careful to make money one has last longer. Tony and Teri
had to really stretch their money in order to pay all of their bills. They ate
a lot of cheap food last month.
-flip a coin = make a decision by tossing a coin in the air and calling heads or
tails. (heads = side of coin with picture of a person's face, tails = opposite side
of coin.) Let's decide who will start the game by flipping a coin.