How to Speak Money – What the Money People Say–And What It Really Means

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This is the general masculine noun to use for any kind of currency, from bills and coins all the way to silver. Scratch: money (perhaps from the idea that one has to struggle as if scratching the ground to obtain it) This is simply a way to say that you look or feel great! It could apply to your appearance, health, or inner wellbeing. This phrase literally means ‘nowhere to drop dead’, but it’s a far cry from the English idiom ‘drop dead gorgeous’, so don’t mix them up! Example Sentence: Herb is penny-wise and pound foolish. He is cheap with food but indulges in entertainment.

Used in both the masculine and feminine, this is literally someone who seizes a sou and won’t let go. Inflation has reached its lowest point in over two years, and the unemployment rate has remained below 4 percent for the longest stretch of time since the 1960s. A related word—“hypothecary”—exists in American English… in the civil law of Louisiana, a state where the French influence persists to this day.

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Example Sentence: My Grandpa always said “money isn’t everything”, and now that I’m older, I finally understand what he meant. Watching my own mother work so hard, never taking time off for holidays, never eating out, rarely pampering herself and sometimes missing parents’ evenings due to work, gave me the impression that you had to work long, hard, unsociable hours. Claquer has many meanings in different contexts, including “to flap,” “to snap” (as in fingers), “to slam,” “to chatter” (as in teeth). You may have heard the expression je claque des dentsExample Sentence: Mary has a classic “from rags to riches” story. She was born into a very poor family but after years of hard work has become one of the most successful women in Canada. Rouler sur l’or is literally “to be rolling on gold.” Even though the word “money” in standard French is officially argent (literally, “silver”), gold is traditionally a metaphor for money. Practice and reinforce all the vocabulary you've learned in a given video with learn mode. Swipe left or right to see more examples for the word you’re learning, and play the mini-games found in our dynamic flashcards, like "fill in the blank."