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    Money Talks - Idioms

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    The document discusses idioms related to money and paying for things. It provides examples of common idioms like "it cost an arm and a leg" to describe something very expensive. It then has exercises for students to match idioms with their meanings, like "paid peanuts" to mean being paid very little. Students are asked to find idioms in examples and complete sentences using appropriate idioms related to being rich, poor, or spending a lot of money.

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    The document discusses idioms related to money and paying for things. It provides examples of common idioms like "it cost an arm and a leg" to describe something very expensive. It then has exercises for students to match idioms with their meanings, like "paid peanuts" to mean being paid very little. Students are asked to find idioms in examples and complete sentences using appropriate idioms related to being rich, poor, or spending a lot of money.

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    The document discusses idioms related to money and paying for things. It provides examples of common idioms like "it cost an arm and a leg" to describe something very expensive. It then has exercises for students to match idioms with their meanings, like "paid peanuts" to mean being paid very little. Students are asked to find idioms in examples and complete sentences using appropriate idioms related to being rich, poor, or spending a lot of money.

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    Money Talks - Idioms

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    Karolina Popławska
    The document discusses idioms related to money and paying for things. It provides examples of common idioms like "it cost an arm and a leg" to describe something very expensive. It then has exercises for students to match idioms with their meanings, like "paid peanuts" to mean being paid very little. Students are asked to find idioms in examples and complete sentences using appropriate idioms related to being rich, poor, or spending a lot of money.

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    Easy idioms about money and paying

    1. STUDY the following idioms and decide who is rich (R), poor (P), and who paid a lot of money for
    something (PaL):

    1. It cost an arm and a leg. ____


    2. She is rolling in money. ____
    3. He is paid peanuts, like most waiters. ____
    4. It cost me a fortune. ____
    5. John won´t lend you. He´s always broke. ____
    6. He has deep pockets. ____
    7. It is difficult for her to make ends meet. ____
    8. She was born with a silver spoon ____
    in her mouth.

    2. READ the text and try to guess the meaning of the underlined expressions.

    Claire is 21-year-old student. She’s very careful with her money. Since she wasn’t born with a silver spoon
    in her mouth she knows very well that money doesn’t grow on trees. Three years ago she found a part
    time job to pay her own way through college. She works as an office help for a law firm. The job is well
    paid and Claire can finally save up some money. She’d like to travel around Europe in summer. She says
    she’s worked hard long enough and now she’s planning to splash out on her holiday.

    3. MAKE SURE you understand the meaning of the idioms from the above. Find the idiom.

    1. to be paid very little ___________________________________


    2. to spend a lot of money on something you want _________________________________
    3. to be able to pay yourself for what you want and need ___________________________
    4. to be very expensive 1____________________________, 2 __________________________
    1
    5. to be very rich ____________________________, 2 __________________________
    6. to earn just enough money to be able to buy the things you need __________________________

    4. COMPLETE the sentences with a suitable idiom


    1. Surprisingly, many millionaires weren’t born ___________________________________ .
    2. In times of crisis, it is hard for many families to __________________________________ .
    3. Look at her! Louis V bag, a new tat on her arm, her boyfriend must have really ____________________.

    5. FIND some new idioms about money. There are plenty! Use them in your sentences.
    1.________________________________________________________________________________
    2.________________________________________________________________________________
    3.________________________________________________________________________________

    and a leg 5 have deep pockets, be rolling in money 4 with a silver spoon in their mouth 2 make ends meet 3 deep pockets
    KEY: 1 1.PaL 2. Rich 3. Poor 4. PaL 5. Poor 6. Rich 7. Poor 8. Rich 3 1 to be paid peanuts 2 to splash out on 3 to pay your way 4 cost a fortune, cost an arm

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