English Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions
Alphabetical List of Idioms - M, page 8
from: 'money talks'
to: 'more heat than light''
- money talks
- The expression money talks means that people with a lot of money have power and influence.
"The owner is a millionaire and he's influential - money talks!"
- The expression money talks means that people with a lot of money have power and influence.
- take the money and run
- This expression means that you should be satisfied with what you have earned or achieved, or accept a good proposal and not try for better.
"My father was offered a good price for his house and was hesitating. I thought he might have to wait a long time for a better offer, so I said “Take the money and run!"
- This expression means that you should be satisfied with what you have earned or achieved, or accept a good proposal and not try for better.
- throw money at something
- If you throw money at something, you try to solve a problem by spending money on it, without using any other methods.
"The refugee problem cannot be solved just by throwing money at it."
- If you throw money at something, you try to solve a problem by spending money on it, without using any other methods.
- throw good money after bad
- Someone who spends additional money on something that was already considered a bad investment is said
to throw good money after bad.
"Buying a second-hand computer and then spending money to have it repaired is throwing good money after bad!"
- Someone who spends additional money on something that was already considered a bad investment is said
to throw good money after bad.
- get your money's worth
- If you get your money's worth, you receive good value for the amount of money you spend.
"We bought a travel pass to use the public transport system and we really got our money's worth."
- If you get your money's worth, you receive good value for the amount of money you spend.
- (a) monkey on your back
- If you have a monkey on your back you are burdened with a persistent problem
that is making your life difficult or unpleasant and is hard to solve.
"My failure to find sponsors for the project was a monkey on my back for a long time. The contract signed today got rid of that ! The monkey is finally off my back !"
- If you have a monkey on your back you are burdened with a persistent problem
that is making your life difficult or unpleasant and is hard to solve.
- monkey business
- An activity which is organised in a deceitful or dishonest way is called monkey business.
"The results announced seem suspicious - I think there's some monkey business going on."
- An activity which is organised in a deceitful or dishonest way is called monkey business.
- (a) month of Sundays
- This expression is an amusing way of referring to a very long period of time.
"I haven't been to the theatre in a month of Sundays."
- This expression is an amusing way of referring to a very long period of time.
- over the moon
- If you are over the moon about something, you are very happy about it.
"When she heard the results of the exam, Caroline was over the moon!"
- If you are over the moon about something, you are very happy about it.
- once in a blue moon
- Something that happens once in a blue moon happens rarely or hardly ever.
"She doesn't contact us very often. We hear from her once in a blue moon!"
- Something that happens once in a blue moon happens rarely or hardly ever.
- reach for the moon
- If you reach for the moon, you are very ambitious and try to achieve something even it it is difficult.
"Jenny is talented and ambitious; she always tends to reach for the moon."
- If you reach for the moon, you are very ambitious and try to achieve something even it it is difficult.
- moonlight flit
- Someone who does a moonlight flit leaves a place quickly and in secret, usually to avoid paying debts.
"Just before the rent was due he did a moonlight flit."
- Someone who does a moonlight flit leaves a place quickly and in secret, usually to avoid paying debts.
- moot point
- A subject which gives rise to argument or debate is called a moot point.
"Whether Bach composed it himself or not is a moot point among musicians."
- A subject which gives rise to argument or debate is called a moot point.
- more by accident than (by) design
- Something which happens more by accident than (by) design is done without deliberate intention.
"I became an interpreter more by accident than design; nobody else could speak the language of the refugees."
- Something which happens more by accident than (by) design is done without deliberate intention.
- more fun than a barrel of monkeys
- If something is very amusing or enjoyable, you can say that it is more fun than a barrel of monkeys.
"The TV quiz was more fun than a barrel of monkeys!"
- If something is very amusing or enjoyable, you can say that it is more fun than a barrel of monkeys.
- more heat than light
- If a discussion or debate generates more heat than light , it causes anger or intense reaction but doesn't clarify anything.
"The meeting that was held to discuss the problem generated more heat than light!"
- If a discussion or debate generates more heat than light , it causes anger or intense reaction but doesn't clarify anything.
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